FCC Issues Proposed Eligible Services List for Comment (Aug 2004)

PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov Washington, D.C. 20554 TTY: 1-888-835-5322 FCC 04-200 Release Date: August 13, 2004 PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR ELIGIBLE SERVICES LIST FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE MECHANISM FOR SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES CC Docket No. 02-6 Comment Date: August 23, 2004 Reply Comment Date: August 30, 2004 To promote greater transparency to what is eligible for support under the schools and libraries support mechanism, on December 23, 2003 the Commission adopted a rule which formalizes the process 1for updating the eligible services list, beginning with Funding Year 2005. Under the new rule, USAC is required to submit annually, a draft of its updated eligible services list for the following funding year. The rule also requires that the Commission issue a Public Notice seeking comment on USAC’s proposed eligible services list. Finally, at least sixty days prior to the opening of the window for the following funding year, the rule requires the Commission to issue a public notice attaching the final eligible services list for the upcoming funding year. We hereby seek comment on the attached draft eligible services list. We emphasize to commenters that this proceeding is limited to determining what specific services are eligible under the Commission’s current rules; it is not intended to be a vehicle for changing any ...