<div dir="ltr">FYI.<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Mandy Knapp<br>Digital Resources Manager<br>Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Phone: 614-728-5252<br>Fax: 614 -728 -5256</font></span></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Lorrie Germann</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lgermann@ohiocsc.org">lgermann@ohiocsc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 3:44 PM<br>Subject: USAC Issued Letters to Refile Previously Denied BEAR Forms<br>To: <a href="mailto:ocsc-erate-l@listserv.ohiocsc.org">ocsc-erate-l@listserv.ohiocsc.org</a><br><br><br>
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<div style="direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;font-size:10pt">Good Afternoon E-Rate Community,<br>
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<span style="color:#212121">The
FCC recently directed USAC to allow applicants to resubmit invoices, or Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR) forms, which had been timely filed between August 2014 and July 2016 and that were rejected "based on a lack of timely service provider certification
before the invoice filing deadline." The FCC directed USAC to allow for re-submission of these BEARs and processing within the next 90 days.
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</span>If you have a BEAR form that was rejected, meeting the criteria mentioned, you will receive a hard copy letter from USAC, notifying you. The letter will include a copy of the previous BEAR, and the 90-day deadline.
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To refile the BEAR form, go to the USAC legacy system at <a href="https://www2.sl.universalservice.org/bear/login.aspx" target="_blank">
https://www2.sl.<wbr>universalservice.org/bear/<wbr>login.aspx</a>. After logging in, click on "New BEAR Form", and complete the application. Pay special attention when entering the date in Column 10 or 11. Be sure to use the date appropriate for the funding year
you're applying for. The BEAR will be processed under the new procedures where service providers are no longer required to certify your application, and once approved, the monies will be electronically deposited to the bank account referenced on your Form
498.<br>
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<span style="color:#262626">Please note, your service provider(s)<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>must<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>a Service Provider Annual Certification (<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"></span></span><span style="color:#262626"><span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626"></span></span>SPAC)<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt">
</span>Form<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt">
</span>file<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>each<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Service<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt">
</span>Provider<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Identification<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt">
</span>Number (SPIN)<span style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt"> </span>indicated<span style="letter-spacing:-1.55pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-1.95pt"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt">
</span>BEAR<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9pt"> </span>form. <br>
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</span>If you have questions, or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Sincerely,<br>
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Lorrie<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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www.ohio-k12.help/erate<br>
</font></font></font></font><b></b></font><font size="3" color="003366"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:white">Office: <a href="tel:(740)%20223-2420" value="+17402232420" target="_blank">740-223-2420</a></span></span></font></font><font size="3" face="Calibri"><br>
Cell: <a href="tel:(740)%20253-1153" value="+17402531153" target="_blank">740-253-1153</a></font></font><br>
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