June 2000 Announcements

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If you will be away from your usual location or modes of contact during the coming weeks, please use our Summer Contact database to let us know how to reach you (or your stand-in) if we have questions as we complete review of your E-rate application. This is particularly important for those who applied but have not yet received Year 3 Funding Commitment Decision Letters, those who have filed Year 3 appeals, and those who submitted Year 2 applications after the close of the original filing window on April 6, 1999. We will begin reviewing Year 3 appeals and Year 2 post-window applications in the coming weeks.

The database will allow you to provide temporary contact information via the Web Site (or, if you don't have Web access, by calling our Client Service Bureau at (888) 203-8100). Our problem resolution and Program Integrity Assurance staff will use this database as they work on your application, so you can help avoid processing delays by providing your summer contact information as soon as possible. (Service providers can also search the database by Billed Entity Number if they need to reach you during this same period.)

To use the Summer Contact database, you'll need to enter your Billed Entity Number. Then you can type in any pertinent information (such as an alternate phone number or contact name) that will help us find you this summer. Those without Web access should call 888-203-8100, and our customer service staff will enter the data for you. Please note: Summer contact data will not affect your permanent record in our data system.

The following guidance is offered to assist you in filing your FCC Forms 486 (Receipt of Service Confirmation Form).

Forms 486 for Funding Year 2:

• You should stop sending old Forms 486 (dated July, 1999 or earlier) immediately. Please use the new Form 486 dated April, 2000.

• Old Forms 486 received by the SLD after June 23, 2000, for Funding Year 2 requests WILL NOT BE PROCESSED. The forms will be returned to you so that you can resubmit them on the revised Form 486.

Forms 486 for Funding Year 3:

• As we indicated in your Funding Commitment Decision Letter, and in the subsequent letter in which we sent you the revised Form 486 and the new Form 500, Forms 486 for Year 3 requests MUST be submitted on the revised Form 486 dated April, 2000. If you submitted a Funding Year 3 request on an old Form 486 (dated July, 1999 or earlier), that form is being returned to you so that you can resubmit your request on the correct revised Form 486.

If you have any questions about the proper use of these forms, please see the correspondence sent to you with the revised Form 486 and the new Form 500, review the earlier messages in the What's New section of the web site, or call our Client Service Bureau at 1-888-203-8100.