SLD Provides Extra Assistance For Online Filers
Message Posted January 14, 2000
The SLD has just announced that due to the slowness of their web site, they
are instituting two additional measures to assist E-rate applicants that are
trying to submit their 471 online before the close of the window on January
19, 2000.
First, beginning Saturday, January 14, 2000, the SLD web site will be
available for on-line filers from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. EST. These on-line filing
hours will continue until Wednesday, January 19, when the web site will be
available from 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EST, the close of the Form 471 filing
window.
Second, and more importantly, the SLD has extended the date by which they
must receive the 471 signature and certification page from January 19 to
January 26. The 471, however, still must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m.
on January 19. It is important to note that the window has not been
extended --- simply the date by which they can receive the signature page
from online filers. Technically the result is an extra 24 hours to submit
the 471 online.
The SLD's official statement from their web site follows. Please note the
mailing addresses as well as what happens if you file your 471 online
ontime, but don't submit the signature page by January 26.
-- Julie
"The active use of electronic filing of FCC Forms 471 is good news for
applicants and SLD alike, facilitating SLD's processing of your application
once filed. We regret that system performance has slowed down in light of
heavy volume, and are taking steps to rectify this performance problem.
On-line applicants are reminded, however, that no FCC Form 471 is complete
without Block 6: a completed and signed certification form. SLD must receive
your certification forms in Kansas at one of the addresses below:
If regular postal service:
SLD-Form 471
P.O.Box 7026
Lawrence, KS 66044-7026
Or, for express delivery services or U.S. Postal Service, Return Receipt
Requested:
SLD-Form 471
c/o MS. Smith
3833 Greenway Drive
Lawrence, KS 660646
1-888-203-8100
Applicants must also submit at either of the above addresses on paper the
item 21 attachments for the electronically filed Form 471.
Recognizing that on-line system performance has been slow, and in order to
facilitate on-line filing, Block 6 certifications from Forms 471 which have
been COMPLETED on-line by the closing of the window, 11:59PM, EST,
Wednesday, January 19, may be mailed once the electronic filing is complete.
Such certifications must, however, be RECEIVED by SLD no later than January
26, 11:59 PM, EST.
On Block 6, the certification form, you must provide an original signature,
in ink, of the authorized person. Make sure your printer has, on Block 6,
successfully printed the system-generated application number for the Form
471 which is being certified. The application number is the critical link to
the electronic form in the SLD computer system.
If the certification block for an electronically completed Form 471 filed by
January 19 is not received by January 26, the funding request will be
considered as having been received the date the certification is finally
received by SLD.
SLD urges on-line filers to complete their applications as soon as possible.
The Client Service Bureau, available by calling 888-203-8100 will be open
twelve hours a day over the weekend to help you, and web site hours are
being extended.
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