Wireline Bureau Grants 37 E-rate Appeals

The FCC Wireline Bureau granted 37 appeals from E-rate participants about ministerial errors associated with their invoices submitted to the Universal Service Administrative Co., said an order Friday in docket 02-6. The bureau directed USAC to review appeals regarding ministerial and clerical errors moving forward instead of requiring petitioners to file waivers with the commission. It also granted Wake County Public Schools' petition for reconsideration, noting the school district "raises new facts demonstrating that we should grant the appeal."