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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I thought some of you might find this information from Lorrie Germann, State E-Rate Coordinator, helpful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">In USAC’s June 21, 2013 News Brief, they shared a very important “Tip of the Week”:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060">If the status of your FCC Form 471 is "Deferred," you must contact your PIA reviewer (or call CSB at 1-888-203-8100 if you do not know the name of your
reviewer) if you want to restart the review of your application. </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">Under its
<a href="http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/step05/missing-information.aspx"><span style="color:#002060">summer contact procedure</span></a>, USAC will not attempt to contact applicants with a "Deferred" status application again until after September 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">To verify the status of your application, go to
<a href="http://www.slforms.universalservice.org/Form471Expert/471StatusCheck.aspx">
<span style="color:#002060">http://www.slforms.universalservice.org/Form471Expert/471StatusCheck.aspx</span></a> . After clicking on “Continue” and then supplying the Billed Entity Number and Funding Year, the current status will be located in the third column
in the upper right of the screen. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">If you are experiencing a change in staff responsible for filing E-Rate, be sure to update the contact information with USAC. Instructions for making a change request can be found at <a href="http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/before-youre-done/update-contact-info.aspx"><span style="color:#002060">http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/before-youre-done/update-contact-info.aspx</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Mandy Knapp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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