PUBLIC NOTICE FROM THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

Arizona Corporation Commission to Co-Sponsor Seminar
on the Discounts Available to Arizona Schools, Libraries and Rural Health Care Providers through the Federal Universal Service Fund

The Arizona Corporation Commission will be co-sponsoring a seminar on February 20, 1998, on the discounts available to Arizona schools, libraries and rural health care providers through the federal universal service fund. The seminar will include information on the entities eligible for the discounts, the amount of the discounts available, the services and facilities included in the program, and information on how to apply for the discounts. More information on this event will be posted at the Commission's website in the next week.

PUBLIC NOTICE FROM THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Schools and Libraries Corporation Announces Opening of Website

The Schools and Libraries Corporation has announced that the website on which completed applications will be posted for competitive bidding will open on Friday, January 30, 1998. The website address is <www.slcfund.org>. The website will operate every day from 5:00 a.m. to midnight Eastern Time.

The opening of the website triggers the beginning of the 75 day initial filing window, during which all applications (FCC Forms 470 and 471) will be treated as if filed simultaneously.* The 75 day window will begin and schools and libraries may begin to submit applications, therefore, on Friday, January 30, 1998.

For further information, contact the Schools and Libraries Corporation's Client Service Bureau at its toll-free telephone number (1-888-203-8100) or by fax (1-888-276-8736).

* See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket 96-45, Third Report and Order, FCC 97-380 (rel. Oct. 14, 1997) (adopting a filing window period and directing the Schools and Libraries Corporation to determine the length of the window); Schools and Libraries and Health Care Corporation Adopt Length of Filing Window, Public Notice, DA 97-2349 (rel. Nov. 6, 1997) (announcing that the Schools and Libraries Corporation adopted a 75 day initial filing window).