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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554



In the Matter of

Requests for Review
of Decisions of the 
Universal Service Administrator by 
MasterMind Internet Services, Inc.

Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
Service

Changes to the Board of Directors of the 
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.
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SPIN-143006149


CC Docket No. 96-45

CC Docket No. 97-21



                             ORDER

   Adopted:  April 10, 2000             Released:  April 11, 2000

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Commission has under consideration three requests for review filed by
MasterMind Internet Services, Inc. (MasterMind) on November 24, 1999, December 16, 1999,
and January 13, 2000, seeking review of decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division
(SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC).  The Commission released
an Order extending to April 21, 2000, the deadline for issuing a decision on these requests for
review, indicating that the requests present the Commission with a number of novel and complex
issues regarding the competitive bidding process.  In this Order we further extend the deadline
to May 22, 2000. 
2.     Section 54.724 of the Commission's rules requires that requests for review of an
Administrator's decision must be resolved within ninety days unless the time period is extended.
Under the ninety-day deadline imposed by our rules, a decision on the first appeal would have
been required by February 22, 2000, absent an extension. The Commission's rules permit the
Common Carrier Bureau to extend the deadline for an appeal under consideration for a period of
up to ninety days.  By this order, the time for issuing a decision in this matter is extended to
May 22, 2000, representing a total extension of ninety days from the original February 22, 2000,
deadline for the first-filed appeal.
3.     Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to section 54.724 of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R.  54.724, that the deadline for taking action in the above-captioned requests for
review of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division IS EXTENDED to May 22, 2000.
                         
                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




Carol E. Mattey
Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau