[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55300-55301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18591]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 1 and 54

[CC Docket No. 02-6; FCC 04-190]


Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces 
that its rules adopted or amended in the Schools and Libraries 
Universal Service Support Mechanism Fifth Report and Order and Order 
(CC Docket No. 02-6; FCC 04-190), to the extent they contained 
information collection requirements that required approval by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), were approved, and became 
effective on November 12, 2004, following approval by OMB.

DATES: The rules or amendments to 47 CFR 1.8003, 54.504(b)(2), 
54.504(c)(1), 54.504(h), 54.508 and 54.516, published at 69 FR 55097, 
September 13, 2004 and corrected at 69 FR 59145, October 4, 2004 became 
effective on November 12, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vickie Robinson, Deputy Chief, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, 
(202) 418-7400. For additional information concerning the information 
collection contained in this document, contact Judith-B. Herman at 
(202) 418-0214, or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Schools and Libraries Universal 
Service Support Mechanism Fifth Report and Order and Order, the 
Commission adopted measures to protect against waste, fraud, and abuse 
in the administration of the schools and libraries universal service 
support mechanism (also known as the E-rate program). In particular, 
the Commission resolved a number of issues that have arisen from audit 
activities conducted as part of ongoing oversight over the 
administration of the universal service fund, and the Commission 
addressed programmatic concerns raised by its Office of Inspector 
General. A summary of the Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Support Mechanism Fifth Report and Order and Order was published in the 
Federal Register on September 13, 2004, 69 FR 55097, and corrected on 
October 4, 2004, 69 FR 59145. In that summary, the Commission stated 
that with the exception of rules requiring OMB approval, the rules 
adopted in the Schools and Libraries Universal Service

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Support Mechanism Fifth Report and Order and Order would become 
effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. With 
regard to rules requiring OMB approval, the Commission stated that it 
would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the 
effective date of those sections. OMB approved and announced the 
information collection requirements in the Federal Register on November 
12, 2004. See OMB No. 3060-0806. Accordingly, through this document, 
the Commission announces that November 12, 2004 will function as the 
effective date of the information collection requirements and the rules 
implementing them.

List of Subjects

47 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure, Communications common 
carriers, Investigations, Telecommunications.

47 CFR Part 54

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, 
Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-18591 Filed 9-20-05; 8:45 am]
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