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1 47 CFR § 54.202(e): All eligible 

telecommunications carriers shall retain all records 

required to demonstrate to auditors that the support 

received was consistent with the universal service 

high-cost program rules. These rules should include 

the following: data supporting line count filings; 

historical customer records; fixed asset property 

accounting records; general ledgers; invoice copies 

for the purchase and maintenance of equipment; 

maintenance contracts for the upgrade or 

equipment; and any other relevant documentation. 

This documentation must be maintained for at least 

five years from the receipt of funding. 

2 47 CFR § 54.417(a): Eligible telecommunications 

carriers must maintain records to document 

compliance with all Commission and state 

requirements governing the Lifeline/Link Up 

programs for the three full years preceding calendar 

years and requiring carriers to retain documentation 

for as long as the customer receives Lifeline service 

from the ETC or until audited by the Administrator 

and provide that documentation to the Commission 

or Administrator upon request * * *. 

3 47 CFR § 54.516(a) Recordkeeping 

requirements—(1) Schools and libraries. Schools 

and libraries shall retain all documents related to 

the application for, receipt, and delivery of 

discounted telecommunications and other 

supported services for at least 5 years after the last 

day of the service delivered in a particular Funding 

Year. Any other document that demonstrates 

compliance with the statutory or regulatory 

requirements for the schools and libraries 

mechanism shall be retained as well. Schools and 

libraries shall maintain asset and inventory records 

of equipment purchased as components of 

supported internal connections services sufficient 

to verify the actual location of such equipment for 

a period of five years after purchase. 

4 47 CFR § 54.619(d) Service providers. Service 

providers shall retain documents related to the 

delivery of discounted telecommunications and 

other supported services for at least five years after 

the last day of the delivery of discounted services. 

Any documentation that demonstrates compliance 

with the statutory or regulatory requirements for the 

rural health care mechanism shall be retained as 

well. 

including those of NECA, contractors, 

and consultants working on behalf of 

the beneficiaries to the Commission’s 

Office of Inspector General (‘‘OIG’’), to 

the USF Administrator, and to their 

auditors. See 47 CFR 54.202(e).1

Low-income program. With respect to 

the two low-income universal service 

programs Lifeline and Link-Up, the FCC 

has concluded that it should maintain 

the current two-tiered document 

retention requirements. Participating 

service providers must retain a record 

verifying the eligibility of a recipient of 

the program for as long as the recipient 

continues to receive supported service 

and three years more, and to make it 

available in conjunction with any audit 

to which it may be relevant. However, 

the R&O removes the clause that waives 

the requirement to retain documentation 

of eligibility once an audit is completed. 

The FCC also clarifies that beneficiaries 

must make available all documentation 

and records that pertain to them, 

including those of contractors and 

consultants working on their behalf, to 

the Commission’s OIG, to the USF 

Administrator, and to auditors working 

on their behalf. See 47 CFR 54.417(a).2

Rural health care and schools and 

libraries programs. The FCC maintains 

the current requirement that rural health 

care providers and schools and libraries 

must retain their records, which 

evidence that the funding they receive 

was proper, for 5 years. In addition, this 

requirement will now also apply to 

those service providers that receive 

support for serving rural health care 

providers. Furthermore, the FCC 

clarifies that beneficiaries must make 

available all documents and records that 

pertain to them, including those of 

contractors and consultants, working on 

their behalf, to the Commission’s OIG, 

to the USF Administrator, and to their 

auditors, as required by 47 CFR 

54.516(a) 3 and 47 CFR 54.619(a).4

Contributors. The R&O also requires 

contributors to the Universal Service 

Fund to retain all documents and 

records, e.g., financial statements and 

supporting documentation, etc., that 

they may require to demonstrate to 

auditors that their contributions were 

made in compliance with the program 

rules, assuming that audits are 

conducted within 5 years. The FCC 

clarifies that contributors must make 

available all documents and records that 

pertain to them, including those of 

contractors and consultants working on 

their behalf, to the Commission’s OIG, 

to the USF Administrator, and to their 

auditors. 

Connectivity. The FCC will require 

the USF Administrator to work with the 

Commission’s Wireline Competition 

Bureau to modify the relevant FCC 

Forms or to create additional questions 

for USF program participants to 

determine more accurately how schools 

and libraries connect to the Internet and 

their precise levels of connectivity. 

These new and revised information 

collection requirements, which include 

document retention and recordkeeping 

requirements, etc., will affect numerous 

information collections that the FCC 

currently maintains. Once OMB 

approves these requirements, the FCC 

will begin to update these information 

collections as required by the rules 

adopted in this R&O. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–24794 Filed 12–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[EB Docket No. 07–264; DA 07–4675] 

Lonnie L. Keeney, Amateur Radio 

Operator and Licensee of Amateur 

Radio Station KB9RFO 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document commences a 

hearing proceeding by directing Lonnie 

L. Keeney, Amateur Radio Operator and 

Licensee of Amateur Radio Station 

KB9RFO, to show why the license of 

Amateur Radio Station KP9FO should 

not be revoked and whether, in light of 

a felony conviction against him, he 

remains qualified to be a Commission 

licensee. 

DATES: Petitions by persons desiring to 

participate as a party in the hearing, 

pursuant to 47 CFR 1.223, may be filed 

no later than 30 days after publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

for dates that named parties should file 

appearances. 

ADDRESSES: Please file documents with 

the Investigations and Hearings 

Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 4–

C330, 445 12th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy 

Lancaster, Investigations and Hearings 

Division, Enforcement Bureau at (202) 

418–1420; Jennifer A. Lewis, Assistant 

Chief, Investigations and Hearings 

Division, Enforcement Bureau at (202) 

418–1420. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Order to Show Cause, 

DA 07–4675, released November 20, 

2007. The full text of the Order to Show 

Cause is available for inspection and 

copying from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Thursday or from 8 

a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Friday at the 

FCC Reference Information Center, 

Room CY–A257, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. The complete 

text may be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals 

II, 445 12th Street, NW., Room CY–

B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 

(202) 488–5300, facsimile (202) 488–

5563, or you may contact BCPI at the 

Web site: http://www.BCPIWEB.com. 

When ordering documents for BCPI, 

please provide the appropriate FCC 

document number, FCC 06–124. The 

Order is also available on the Internet at 

the Commission’s Web site through its 

Electronic Document Management 

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72724 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 245 / Friday, December 21, 2007 / Notices 

System (EDOCS): http:// 

hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs-public/ 

SilverStream/Pages/edocs.html. 

Alternative formats are available to 

persons with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format); 

send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (TTY). 

Summary of the Order: In the Order 

to Show Cause, the Commission 

commences a hearing proceeding to 

determine the effect of Mr. Keeney’s 

felony conviction(s) on his 

qualifications to be and to remain a 

Commission licensee and, in light of the 

evidence adduced pursuant to the 

foregoing issue, whether Mr. Keeney is 

qualified to be and to remain a 

Commission licensee. 

The Commission received a compliant 

alleging that Mr. Keeney had been 

convicted of felony child molestation. 

The Commission conducted an 

investigation and determined that, in 

2002, Mr. Keeney was charged in the 

Criminal Division of the Putnam Circuit 

Court, State of Indiana, with two counts 

of child molestation in violation of 

Indiana Code section 35–42–4–3, a Class 

A felony, and section 35–42–4–3, a 

Class C felony. Pursuant to a plea 

agreement, Mr. Keeney pled guilty to 

one count of felony child molestation, 

and, on December 10, 2002, was 

sentenced by the Putnam Circuit Court 

to six years of incarceration with the 

Indiana Department of Corrections. The 

Court ordered that Mr. Keeney serve one 

year of the sentence with credit for 35 

days already served, and suspended the 

remaining five years of that sentence, 

but placed Mr. Keeney on supervised 

probation for five years. Mr. Keeney 

remains on probation. 

The Commission determined that Mr. 

Keeney’s felony conviction raises a 

substantial and material question of fact 

as to his qualifications to be and to 

remain a Commission licensee and may 

warrant revocation of the license of 

Amateur Station KP9RFO. Thus, 

pursuant to sections 312(a) and 312(c) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 312(a) and (c) and 

section 1.91 of the Commission’s rules, 

47 CFR 1.91, the Order to Show Cause 

directs Lonnie L. Keeney to show cause 

why the license of Amateur Radio 

Station KP9FRO should not be revoked, 

upon the following issues: (a) To 

determine the effect of Lonnie L. 

Keeney’s felony conviction(s) on his 

qualifications to be and to remain a 

Commission licensee; and (b) to 

determine, in light of the evidence 

adduced pursuant to the foregoing issue, 

whether Lonnie L. Keeney is qualified 

to be and to remain a Commission 

licensee; and (c) to determine in light of 

the evidence adduced pursuant to the 

foregoing issues, whether his Amateur 

Radio License KP9FRO should be 

revoked. 

Copies of the Order to Show Cause 

were sent by certified mail, return 

receipt requested, to Lonnie L. Keeney. 

To avail himself of the opportunity to be 

heard, Lonnie L. Keeney, pursuant to 

section 1.91(c) and section 1.221 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.91(c) and 

47 CFR 1.221, in person or by his 

attorney, must within 30 days of the 

release of this Order, file in triplicate a 

written notice of appearance stating an 

intention to appear on the date fixed for 

the hearing and present evidence on the 

issues specified in this Order. Lonnie L. 

Keeney pursuant to section 73.3594 of 

the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 

73.3594, shall give notice of the hearing 

within the time and in the manner 

prescribed in 47 CFR 73.3594, and shall 

advise the Commission of the 

publication of such notice as required 

by 47 CFR 73.3594(g). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Hillary DeNigro, 

Chief Investigations and Hearings Division, 

Enforcement Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 07–6175 Filed 12–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2007–27] 

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching 

Fund Submission Dates and Post Date 

of Ineligibility Dates To Submit 

Statements of Net Outstanding 

Campaign Obligations; (Authority: 11 

CFR 9036.2; 11 CFR 9034.5) 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of matching fund 

submission dates and submission dates 

for statements of net outstanding 

campaign obligations for 2008 

presidential candidates. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission is publishing matching 

fund submission dates for publicly 

funded 2008 presidential primary 

candidates. Eligible candidates may 

present one submission and/or 

resubmission per month on the 

designated date. The Commission is also 

publishing the dates on which publicly 

funded 2008 presidential primary 

candidates must submit their statements 

of net outstanding campaign obligations 

(‘‘NOCO statements’’) after their dates of 

ineligibility (‘‘DOI’’). Candidates are 

required to submit a NOCO statement 

prior to each regularly scheduled date 

on which they receive Federal matching 

funds, on dates set forth in the 

Supplementary Information below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Wanda Thomas, Audit Division, 999 E 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463, 

(202) 694–1200 or (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Matching Fund Submissions 

Presidential candidates eligible to 

receive Federal matching funds may 

present submissions and/or 

resubmissions to the Federal Election 

Commission once a month on 

designated submission dates. The 

Commission will review the 

submissions/resubmissions and forward 

certifications for eligible candidates to 

the Secretary of Treasury. Because no 

payments can be made during 2007, 

submissions received during 2007 will 

be certified in late December 2007, for 

payment in 2008. 11 CFR 9036.2(c). 

Treasury Department regulations require 

that funds for the convention and 

general election grants be set aside 

before any matching fund payments are 

made. Information provided by the 

Treasury Department shows the balance 

in the fund as of October 31, 2007 was 

$165,383,063 and the Commission 

estimates that no funds will be available 

for matching payments in January 2008. 

As deposits are made from tax returns 

in the early months of 2008, matching 

fund payments will be made from those 

deposits until all certified amounts have 

been paid. During 2008 and 2009, 

certifications will be made on a monthly 

basis. The last date a candidate may 

make a submission is March 2, 2009. 

The submission dates specified in the 

following list pertain to non-threshold 

matching fund submissions and 

resubmissions after the candidate 

establishes eligibility. The threshold 

submission on which that eligibility 

will be determined may be filed at any 

time and will be processed within 

fifteen business days, unless review of 

the threshold submission determines 

that eligibility has not been met. 

NOCO Submissions 

Under 11 CFR 9034.5, a candidate 

who received Federal matching funds 

must submit a NOCO statement to the 

Commission within 15 calendar days 

after the candidate’s date of ineligibility, 

as determined under 11 CFR 9033.5. 

The candidate’s net outstanding 

campaign obligations is equal to the 

total of all outstanding obligations for 

qualified campaign expenses plus 

estimated necessary winding down 

costs less cash on hand, the fair market 

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