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                                  May 16, 2008

   DA 08-1177

   VIA CERTIFIED MAIL

   RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED AND FACSIMILE (404-872-1622)

   Mr. Keith J. Madeiros

   c/o Richard R. Brown, Esq.

   Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP

   100 Pearl Street, Suite 1100

   Hartford, CT 06103

   E-Mail: rbrown@bpslawers.com

   Re: Notice of Debarment, File No. EB-07-IH-9550

   Dear Mr. Madeiros:

   Pursuant to section 54.8 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 January 18, 2008, 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 April 7, 2008. 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, you pled guilty to and were
   convicted of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. S:1341, for activities
   in connection with your participation in the E-Rate program. You admitted
   to participating in a scheme to defraud the E-Rate program by, among other
   things, creating a sham company and submitting fictitious invoices
   totaling $452,203 that were ultimately submitted to the Universal Service
   Administrative Company for reimbursement from the E-Rate program. Such
   conduct constitutes the basis for your debarment, and your conviction
   falls within the categories of causes for debarment under section 54.8(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: Kristy Carroll, Esq., Universal Service Administrative Company (via
   e-mail)

   Anthony E. Kaplan, Esq., Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney

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

                                January 18, 2008

   DA 08-129

   VIA CERTIFIED MAIL

   RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED AND FACSIMILE (860-522-2490)

   Mr. Keith J. Madeiros

   c/o Richard R. Brown, Esq.

   Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP

   100 Pearl Street, Suite 1100

   Hartford, CT 06103

   E-Mail: rbrown@bpslawers.com

   Re: Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceedings,

   File No. EB-07-IH-9550

   Dear Mr. Madeiros:

   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: 54.8, 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. While employed at Southwestern Bell
   Communications ("SBC"), you and Richard E. Brown, both SBC account
   managers, recommended subcontractors to perform telecommunications
   upgrades for the school districts. In addition, you and Mr. Brown reviewed
   invoices submitted by subcontractors to SBC for payment, which SBC then
   submitted to the Universal Service Administrative Company ("USAC") for
   reimbursement from the E-Rate fund. You admitted to participating in a
   scheme with Brown and Scott A. Federowicz, a manager of a SBC first-tier
   subcontractor, to defraud USAC. You and Mr. Brown each created a sham
   company and submitted fictitious invoices totaling approximately $452,203
   to Mr. Federowicz, who approved those invoices for payment on behalf of
   the SBC subcontractor. The SBC subcontractor, unaware that no work had
   been performed, in turn billed SBC and SBC ultimately sought from USAC
   reimbursement for those fictitious expenses from the E-Rate program.

   Pursuant to section 54.8(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 and conviction of 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 54.8(c) of the
   Commission's rules. Therefore, pursuant to section 54.8(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: Kristy Carroll, Esq., Universal Service Administrative Company (via
   e-mail)

   Anthony E. Kaplan, Esq., Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney

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

   See 47 C.F.R. S:S: 0.111(a), 54.8.

   Letter from Hillary S. DeNigro, Chief, Investigations and Hearings
   Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, to Mr.
   Keith J. Madeiros, Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment
   Proceedings, 23 FCC Rcd 465 (Inv. & Hearings Div., Enf. Bur. 2008)
   (Attachment 1).

   73 Fed. Reg. 18797  (April 7, 2008).

   See Notice of Suspension, 23 FCC Rcd at 466-68.

   See 47 C.F.R. S:S: 54.8 (e)(3) and (4). That date occurred no later than
   May 6, 2008. See supra note 3.

   See Notice of Suspension, 23 FCC Rcd at 466.

   See id.

   Id. at 466; 47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(c).

   See Notice of Suspension, 23 FCC Rcd at 468.

   See 47 C.F.R. S:S: 54.8(a)(1), 54.8(a)(5), 54.8(d); Notice of Suspension,
   23 FCC Rcd at 468

   Any further reference in this letter to "your conviction" refers to your
   February 13, 2007 guilty plea and subsequent conviction of mail fraud.
   United States v. Keith J. Madeiros., Criminal Docket No. 3:07-CR-29-RNC-2,
   Plea Agreement (D. Conn. filed Feb. 13, 2007 and entered Feb. 15, 2007)
   ("Madeiros Plea Agreement"); United States v. Keith J. Madeiros,
   3:07-CR-29-RNC-2, Judgment (D. Conn. filed and entered Dec. 10, 2007)
   ("Madeiros Judgment").

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8; 47 C.F.R. S: 0.111 (delegating to the Enforcement
   Bureau authority to resolve universal service suspension and debarment
   proceedings). The Commission adopted debarment rules for the schools and
   libraries universal service support mechanism in 2003. See Schools and
   Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, Second Report and Order and
   Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 9202 (2003) ("Second
   Report and Order")  (adopting section 54.521 to suspend and debar parties
   from the E-rate program). In 2007, the Commission extended the debarment
   rules to apply to all of the Federal universal service support mechanisms.
   Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service Fund Management,
   Administration, and Oversight; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
   Service; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism;
   Lifeline and Link Up; Changes to the Board of Directors for the National
   Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 16372,
   16410-12 (2007) (Program Management Order) (renumbering section 54.521 of
   the universal service debarment rules as section 54.8 and amending
   subsections (a)(1), (5), (c), (d), (e)(2)(i), (3), (e)(4), and (g)).

   See Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9225, P: 66; Program Management
   Order, 22 FCC Rcd at 16387, P: 32. 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: 54.8(a)(6).

   See Madeiros Plea Agreement at 1; United States v. Richard E. Brown and
   Keith J. Madeiros., Criminal Docket No. 3:07-CR-29-RNC-2, Information,
   P:P: 1-21 (D. Conn. filed Feb. 13, 2007 and entered Feb. 14, 2007)
   ("Madeiros/Brown Information").

   See Madeiros/Brown Information at P:P: 8-9; 
   http://newhaven.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2007/nh120707.htm (last accessed Dec.
   11, 2007) ("DOJ December 7 Press Release"). The Bureau has debarred
   Richard E. Brown from the E-Rate program. See Letter from Hillary S.
   DeNigro to Richard E. Brown, Notice of Debarment, DA 07-4732 (Enf. Bur.,
   Investigations & Hearings Div., rel. Nov. 27, 2007).

   See Madeiros/Brown Information at P: 9; DOJ December 7 Press Release at 1.

   See Madeiros/Brown Information at P:P: 11-21. The Bureau also has debarred
   Scott A. Federowicz from the E-Rate program. See Letter from Hillary S.
   DeNigro to Scott A. Federowicz, Notice of Debarment, 22 FCC Rcd 17258
   (Enf. Bur., Investigations & Hearings Div., rel. Sept. 24, 2007).

   See Madeiros/Brown Information at P:P: 11-21; DOJ December 7 Press Release
   at 1.

   See DOJ December 7 Press Release at 1.

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(a)(4). See Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at
   9225-9227, P:P: 67-74.

   47 C.F.R. S:S: 54.8(a)(1), (d).

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

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(e)(4).

   Id.

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(e)(5).

   See Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 70; 47 C.F.R. S:S:
   54.8(e)(5), 54.8(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,
   the high-cost support mechanism, the rural healthcare support mechanism,
   and the low-income support mechanism." 47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(c). Such
   activities "include the receipt of funds or discounted services through
   [the Federal universal service] support mechanisms, or consulting with,
   assisting, or advising applicants or service providers regarding [the
   Federal universal service] support mechanisms." 47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(a)(1).

   See Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9226, P: 70; 47 C.F.R. S:
   54.8(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: 54.8(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: 54.8(f).

   Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9225, P: 67; 47 C.F.R. S:S:
   54.8(d), 54.8(g).

   Id.

   Mr. Keith J. Madeiros

   May 16, 2008

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                       Federal Communications Commission

                               Enforcement Bureau

                      Investigations and Hearings Division

                       445 12th Street, SW, Suite 4-C330

                             Washington, D.C. 20554

   Mr. Keith J. Madeiros

   January 18, 2008

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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