If you filed Form 471 for Telecommunications or Priority 2 Funding here’s a reminder and a review from the latest USAC Schools and Libraries News Brief:

http://www.usac.org/sl/tools/news-briefs/preview.aspx?id=357

 Next Steps Related to the FY2011 Form 471 Application Filing Window

 Submit/check your Item 21 attachments.

If you have not already submitted your Item 21 attachments, do so as soon as possible. If you submitted your Form 471 online, you can use your Form 471 application number and security code to submit your Item 21 attachments online. Review the Item 21 Attachments guidance document on the USAC website for the specific information you need to include. http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/step07/form471-attachments.aspx

To check Item 21 completion, use the Item 21 button under Form 471   http://slforms.universalservice.org/Item21app/frmBenAppNumRequest.aspx 

Be sure to certify your Form 471.

Within the next few weeks, USAC will issue a reminder letter to applicants identifying all Forms 471 submitted online on or before the last day of the filing window but not yet certified. Applicants will have 20 days from the date on that letter to certify the Form 471 and still have the form be considered in-window. Forms 471 certified after the deadline in the letter will be considered out-of-window.

To check the status of a Form 471, click on the "Application Status" button in the Form 471 column of the Apply Online page http://www.sl.universalservice.org/menu.asp

Enter the Billed Entity Number and choose the funding year, then click on the "Continue" button on the following page to pull up a list of Forms 471 filed by that Billed Entity with their current statuses.

Certify any Form 470 that you cited on a funding request. 

To verify the status of a Form 470, click on the Search Posted button in the Form 470 column on the Apply Online page.