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                               September 24, 2007

   DA 07-4015

   VIA CERTIFIED MAIL

   RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED AND E-MAIL

   Mr. Scott A. Federowicz

   c/o Paul H.D. Stoughton

   Conway & Stoughton, LLP

   818 Farmington Ave.

   West Hartford, CT 06119

   Re: Notice of Debarment, File No. EB-07-IH-5171

   Dear Mr. Federowicz:

   Pursuant to section 54.521 of the rules of the Federal Communications
   Commission (the "Commission"), by this Notice of Debarment you are
   debarred from the schools and libraries universal service support
   mechanism (or "E-Rate program") for a period of three years.

   On June 27, 2007, the Enforcement Bureau (the "Bureau") sent you a Notice
   of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceedings (the "Notice of
   Suspension"). That Notice of Suspension was published in the Federal
   Register on July 18, 2007. The Notice of Suspension suspended you from the
   schools and libraries universal service support mechanism and described
   the basis for initiation of debarment proceedings against you, the
   applicable debarment procedures, and the effect of debarment.

   Pursuant to the Commission's rules, any opposition to your suspension or
   its scope or to your proposed debarment or its scope had to be filed with
   the Commission no later than thirty (30) calendar days from the earlier
   date of your receipt of the Notice of Suspension or publication of the
   Notice of Suspension in the Federal Register. The Commission did not
   receive any such opposition.

   As discussed in the Notice of Suspension, on May 9, 2007, you were
   convicted based on your guilty plea to a felony information charging you
   with mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. S: 1341. You pled guilty to
   approving  approximately $452,203 of fictitious expenses for non-existent
   E-Rate work that ultimately were submitted to the Universal Service
   Administrative Company for reimbursement from the E-Rate funds. Such
   conduct constitutes the basis for your debarment, and your conviction
   falls within the categories of causes for debarment under section
   54.521(c) of the Commission's rules. For the foregoing reasons, you are
   hereby debarred for a period of three years from the debarment date, i.e.,
   the earlier date of your receipt of this Notice of Debarment or its
   publication date in the Federal Register. Debarment excludes you, for the
   debarment period, from activities "associated with or related to the
   schools and libraries support mechanism," including "the receipt of funds
   or discounted services through the schools and libraries support
   mechanism, or consulting with, assisting, or advising applicants or
   service providers regarding the schools and libraries support mechanism."

   Sincerely,

   Hillary S. DeNigro

   Chief

   Investigations and Hearings Division

   Enforcement Bureau

   cc: Calvin B. Kurimai, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney

   Kristy Carroll, Esq., Universal Service Administrative Company (via
   e-mail)

                                 June 27, 2007

   DA 07-2845

   VIA CERTIFIED MAIL

   RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED AND E-MAIL

   Mr. Scott A. Federowicz

   c/o Paul H.D. Stoughton

   Conway & Stoughton, LLP

   818 Farmington Ave.

   West Hartford, CT 06119

   Re: Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceedings,

   File No. EB-07-IH-5171

   Dear Mr. Federowicz:

   The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") has received
   notice of your conviction for mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. S: 1341
   in connection with your participation in the schools and libraries
   universal service support mechanism ("E-Rate program"). Consequently,
   pursuant to 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521, this letter constitutes official notice
   of your suspension from the E-Rate program. In addition, the Enforcement
   Bureau ("Bureau") hereby notifies you that we are commencing debarment
   proceedings against you.

   I. Notice of Suspension

   The Commission has established procedures to prevent persons who have
   "defrauded the government or engaged in similar acts through activities
   associated with or related to the schools and libraries support mechanism"
   from receiving the benefits associated with that program. You pled guilty
   to mail fraud for activities in connection with your participation in the
   E-Rate program involving telecommunications upgrade projects in four
   Connecticut school districts. Specifically, you admitted that, as manager
   of an E-Rate first-tier subcontractor serving these school districts, you
   approved for payment approximately $452,203 of fictitious invoices for
   non-existent E-Rate work purportedly performed to upgrade the school
   districts' telecommunications capabilities. These fictitious expenses
   ultimately were submitted to the Universal Service Administrative Company
   for reimbursement from E-Rate funds.

   Pursuant to section 54.521(a)(4) of the Commission's rules, your
   conviction requires the Bureau to suspend you from participating in any
   activities associated with or related to the schools and libraries fund
   mechanism, including the receipt of funds or discounted services through
   the schools and libraries fund mechanism, or consulting with, assisting,
   or advising applicants or service providers regarding the schools and
   libraries support mechanism. Your suspension becomes effective upon the
   earlier of your receipt of this letter or publication of notice in the
   Federal Register.

   Suspension is immediate pending the Bureau's final debarment
   determination. In accordance with the Commission's debarment rules, you
   may contest this suspension or the scope of this suspension by filing
   arguments in opposition to the suspension, with any relevant
   documentation. Your request must be received within 30 days after you
   receive this letter or after notice is published in the Federal Register,
   whichever comes first. Such requests, however, will not ordinarily be
   granted. The Bureau may reverse or limit the scope of suspension only upon
   a finding of extraordinary circumstances. Absent extraordinary
   circumstances, the Bureau will decide any request for reversal or
   modification of suspension within 90 days of its receipt of such request.

   II. Initiation of Debarment Proceedings

   Your guilty plea to criminal conduct in connection with the E-Rate
   program, in addition to serving as a basis for immediate suspension from
   the program, also serves as a basis for the initiation of debarment
   proceedings against you. Your conviction falls within the categories of
   causes for debarment defined in section 54.521(c) of the Commission's
   rules. Therefore, pursuant to section 54.521(a)(4) of the Commission's
   rules, your conviction requires the Bureau to commence debarment
   proceedings against you.

   As with your suspension, you may contest debarment or the scope of the
   proposed debarment by filing arguments and any relevant documentation
   within 30 calendar days of the earlier of the receipt of this letter or of
   publication in the Federal Register. Absent extraordinary circumstances,
   the Bureau will debar you. Within 90 days of receipt of any opposition to
   your suspension and proposed debarment, the Bureau, in the absence of
   extraordinary circumstances, will provide you with notice of its decision
   to debar. If the Bureau decides to debar you, its decision will become
   effective upon the earlier of your receipt of a debarment notice or
   publication of the decision in the Federal Register.

   If and when your debarment becomes effective, you will be prohibited from
   participating in activities associated with or related to the schools and
   libraries support mechanism for three years from the date of debarment.
   The Bureau may, if necessary to protect the public interest, extend the
   debarment period.

   Please direct any response, if by messenger or hand delivery, to Marlene
   H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 236 Massachusetts
   Avenue, N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002, to the attention of Diana
   Lee, Attorney Advisor, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement
   Bureau, Room 4-C330, with a copy to Vickie Robinson, Assistant Chief,
   Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Room 4-C330,
   Federal Communications Commission. If sent by commercial overnight mail
   (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail), the
   response should be sent to the Federal Communications Commission, 9300
   East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, Maryland 20743. If sent by
   first-class, Express, or Priority mail, the response should be sent to
   Diana Lee, Attorney Advisor, Investigations and Hearings Division,
   Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street,
   S.W., Room 4-C330, Washington, DC, 20554, with a copy to Vickie Robinson,
   Assistant Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau,
   Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 4-C330,
   Washington, DC, 20554. You shall also transmit a copy of the response via
   email to diana.lee@fcc.gov and to vickie.robinson@fcc.gov.

   If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Lee via mail, by telephone
   at (202) 418-1420 or by e-mail at diana.lee@fcc.gov. If Ms. Lee is
   unavailable, you may contact Ms. Vickie Robinson, Assistant Chief,
   Investigations and Hearings Division, by telephone at (202) 418-1420 and
   by e-mail at vickie.robinson@fcc.gov.

   Sincerely yours,

   Hillary S. DeNigro

   Chief

   Investigations and Hearings Division

   Enforcement Bureau

   cc: Calvin B. Kurimai, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney

   Kristy Carroll, Esq., Universal Service Administrative Company (via
   e-mail)

   See 47 C.F.R. S:S: 0.111(a)(14), 54.521.

   Letter from Hillary S. DeNigro, Chief, Investigations and Hearings
   Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, to Mr.
   Scott A. Federowicz, Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment
   Proceedings, 22 FCC Rcd 11569 (Inv. & Hearings Div., Enf. Bur. 2007)
   (Attachment 1).

   72 Fed. Reg. 39425 (Jul. 18, 2007).

   See Notice of Suspension, 22 FCC Rcd at 11571.

   See 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(e)(3) and (4). That date occurred no later than
   August 17, 2007. See supra note 3.

   Notice of Suspension, 22 FCC Rcd at 11570.

   Notice of Suspension, 22 FCC Rcd at 11570.

   Id. at 11571; 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(c).

   See Notice of Suspension, 22 FCC Rcd at 11571.

   See 47 C.F.R. S:S: 54.521(a)(1), 54.521(a)(5), 54.521(d); Notice of
   Suspension, 22 FCC Rcd at 11571.

   Any further reference in this letter to "your conviction" refers to your
   July 28, 2006 guilty plea and subsequent conviction of two counts of mail
   fraud. United States v. Scott A. Federowicz, Criminal Docket No.
   3:06-CR-06-222 (RNC), Plea Agreement (D.Conn. filed and entered Jul. 28,
   2006); United States v. Scott A. Federowicz, 3:06-CR-06-222 (RNC),
   Judgment (D.Conn. filed and entered May 9, 2007) ("Federowicz Judgment").

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.521; 47 C.F.R. S: 0.111(a)(14) (delegating to the
   Enforcement Bureau authority to resolve universal service suspension and
   debarment proceedings pursuant to 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521).

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9225, P: 66. The Commission's
   debarment rules define a "person" as "[a]ny individual, group of
   individuals, corporation, partnership, association, unit of government or
   legal entity, however, organized." 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(a)(6).

   See United States v. Scott A. Federowicz, Criminal Docket No.
   3:06-CR-06-222 (RNC), Information, 2-3 (D.Conn. filed and entered Jul. 28,
   2006) ("Information"); Federowicz Judgment at 1.

   See Information at 3.

   See http://newhaven.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2006/nh072806a.htm (Department of
   Justice Press Release dated July 28, 2006) (last accessed May 15, 2007).

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(a)(4). See Schools and Libraries Universal Service
   Support Mechanism, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
   Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 9202, 9225-9227, P:P: 67-74 (2003) ("Second Report
   and Order").

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9225, P: 67; 47 U.S.C. S: 254; 47
   C.F.R S:S: 54.502-54.503; 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(a)(4).

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 69; 47 C.F.R. S:
   54.521(e)(1).

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 70; 47 C.F.R. S:
   54.521(e)(4).

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 70.

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(e)(5).

   See Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 70; 47 C.F.R. S:S:
   54.521(e)(5), 54.521(f).

   "Causes for suspension and debarment are the conviction of or civil
   judgment for attempt or commission of criminal fraud, theft, embezzlement,
   forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false
   statements, receiving stolen property, making false claims, obstruction of
   justice and other fraud or criminal offense arising out of activities
   associated with or related to the schools and libraries support
   mechanism." 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(c). Such activities "include the receipt
   of funds or discounted services through the schools and libraries support
   mechanism, or consulting with, assisting, or advising applicants or
   service providers regarding schools and libraries support mechanism
   described in this section ([47 C.F. R.] S: 54.500 et seq.)." 47 C.F.R. S:
   54.521(a)(1).

   See Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 70; 47 C.F.R. S:S:
   54.521(e)(2)(i), 54.521(e)(3).

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9227, P: 74.

   See id., 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 70; 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(e)(5).

   Id. The Commission may reverse a debarment, or may limit the scope or
   period of debarment upon a finding of extraordinary circumstances,
   following the filing of a petition by you or an interested party or upon
   motion by the Commission. 47 C.F.R. S: 54.521(f).

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9225, P: 67; 47 C.F.R. S:S:
   54.521(d), 54.521(g).

   Id.

   Scott Federowicz

   September 24, 2007

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                       Federal Communications Commission

                               Enforcement Bureau

                      Investigations and Hearings Division

                       445 12th Street, SW, Suite 4-C330

                             Washington, D.C. 20554

   Scott Federowicz

   June 27, 2007

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                                  Attachment 1

                       Federal Communications Commission

                               Enforcement Bureau

                      Investigations and Hearings Division

                       445 12th Street, SW, Suite 4-C330

                             Washington, D.C. 20554