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                               November 21, 2011

                                                                   DA 11-1925

   VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

   AND E-MAIL

   Mr. Barrett C. White

   c/o Mr. H. Thomas Murphy III

   H. Thomas Murphy, LLC

   1029 Milan Street

   New Orleans, LA 70115

   Re: Notice of Debarment

   File No. EB-11-IH-1075

   Dear Mr. White:

   The Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") hereby notifies you
   that, pursuant to Section 54.8 of its rules, you are prohibited from
   participating in the schools and libraries universal service support
   mechanism ("E-Rate program") for three years from either the date of your
   receipt of this Notice of Debarment, or of its publication in the Federal
   Register, whichever is earlier in time ("the Debarment Date").

   On July 27, 2011, the Commission's Enforcement Bureau ("Bureau") sent you
   a Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceedings ("Notice of
   Suspension") that was published in the Federal Register on August 25,
   2011. The Notice of Suspension suspended you from participating in
   activities associated with or relating to the schools and libraries
   universal service support mechanism and described the basis for initiating
   debarment proceedings against you, the applicable debarment procedures,
   and the effect of debarment.

   As described in the Notice of Suspension, you were suspended from
   participating in activities associated with or relating to the schools and
   libraries universal service support mechanism as a result of your
   conviction for conspiring with others to defraud and obtain money from the
   E-Rate Program by controlling the application, bidding, and implementation
   process of the E-Rate program for schools located in four states. As
   further described in the Notice of Suspension, you conspired with owners
   of Global Network Technologies, Inc. ("GNT") to offer and deliver $28,500
   in bribes to school officials in exchange for steering E-Rate contract
   work to GNT. In furtherance of your scheme, you accepted fraudulent
   billing invoices from a school employee for services never provided by
   that employee, and concealed material facts concerning the source of your
   payments to school officials. For your role in the fraudulent scheme, you
   were sentenced to serve one year and one day in federal prison, followed
   by two years of supervised release for conspiring to defraud the E-Rate
   program. The court also ordered you to pay a $4,000 criminal fine.
   Pursuant to Section 54.8(c) of the Commission's rules, your conviction of
   criminal conduct in connection with the E-Rate program serves as a basis
   for your debarment.

   In accordance with the Commission's debarment rules, you were required to
   file with the Commission any opposition to your suspension or its scope,
   or to your proposed debarment or its scope, no later than thirty (30)
   calendar days from either the date of your receipt of the Notice of
   Suspension or of publication of the Notice of Suspension in the Federal
   Register, whichever is earlier in time. The Commission did not receive any
   such opposition.

   For the foregoing reasons, you are debarred for three years from the
   Debarment Date. During this debarment period, you are excluded from
   participating in any activities associated with or related to the E-Rate
   program, 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,

   Theresa Z. Cavanaugh

   Acting Chief

   Investigations and Hearings Division

   Enforcement Bureau

   cc: Johnnay Schrieber, Universal Service Administrative Company (via
   e-mail)

   Rashann Duvall, Universal Service Administrative Company (via email)

   Juan Rodriguez, Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice
   (via e-mail)

   Stephanie Toussaint, Antitrust Division, United States Department of
   Justice (via e-mail)

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(g) (2010). See also 47 C.F.R. S: 0.111 (delegating
   authority to the Enforcement Bureau to resolve universal service
   suspension and debarment proceedings).

   Letter from Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, Acting Chief, Investigations and
   Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
   to Mr. Barrett C. White, Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment
   Proceedings, 26 FCC Rcd 10526 (Inv. & Hearings Div., Enf. Bur. 2011)
   (Attachment 1). An Erratum was published on August 9, 2011 (Attachment 2).

   76 Fed. Reg. 53127-01  (Aug. 25, 2011).

   Notice of Suspension, 26 FCC Rcd at 10527.

   United States v. Tyrone D. Pipkin, Criminal Docket No. 11-15 "A", Plea
   Agreement (entered Mar. 29, 2011) ("Plea Agreement"). The conspiracy
   scheme involved schools in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois and Louisiana.

   Notice of Suspension, 26 FCC Rcd at 10527.

   Id.

   Id.

   Notice of Suspension, 26 FCC Rcd at 10527. See also United States v.
   Barrett C. White, Criminal Case No. 10-324-L,  Factual Basis at 2 (E.D.La.
   filed Mar. 3, 2011).

   United States v. Barrett C. White, Criminal Docket No. 10-324-L, Judgment
   at 5 (E.D.La. filed June 9, 2011).

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(c).

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8 (e)(3), (4). Any opposition had to be filed no later
   than August 30, 2011.

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(e)(5),(g). See also Notice of Suspension, 26 FCC Rcd at
   10527.

   47 C.F.R. S: 54.8(a)(1),(5),(d). See also Notice of Suspension, 26 FCC Rcd
   at 10527.

   Mr. Barrett C. White

   November 21, 2011

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