Now that you have filed and certified your Form 471, these are the next steps. 1. Review the Form 471 Receipt Acknowledgement Letter (RAL) USAC will issue an FCC Form 471 Receipt Acknowledgment Letter (RAL) for each form that you filed and certified. Read this letter carefully as it repeats much of the information featured on the form that you filed. If you discover any ministerial or clerical errors, you can correct them by providing the corrected information on the RAL and submitting it to USAC. Follow this link for a list of ministerial and clerical errors that can be corrected on the RAL: http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/step02/clerical-errors.aspx 2. Check the status of your form Check the status of your applications to find out where you are in the process. You can do a search for a specific Billed Entity Number (BEN) and Funding Year. Each Form 471 filed for that combination will be displayed, along with the application status. This will inform you of whether or not a review has been started, if the reviewer is awaiting documentation, if the review has been completed, and when a Funding Commitment Decision Letter is issued. Follow this link to check the application status of your form: http://www.slforms.universalservice.org/Form471Expert/471StatusCheck.aspx 3. Get ready for review If your application status is "Initial Review" and you have not yet been contacted by a reviewer, you can get ready by gathering all the materials you used to file the Form 471 and any supporting documentation. Have it organized so when you are asked for something you can easily produce it. If you have not already done so, print or save digital copies of your forms. Follow this link to display a form for printing or saving: http://www.slforms.universalservice.org/Form471Expert/DisplayExt471_StartSearch.aspx _____________________________________________ *Anne Perloff* Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools Networkmaine ... a division of the University of Maine System Web: http://networkmaine.net/erate/ Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 207-561-3584 Fax: 207-561-3531 Mail: Networkmaine 5752 Neville Hall Rm 244 University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 ---