COMMITIEE ON 
ENERGY AND COMMERCE 
SUBCOMMITTEES: 
ENERGY AND POWER 
COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY 
Co-CHAIR: 
COALITION FOR AUTISM 
RESEARCH AND E DUCATION 
CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON ROBOTICS 
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November 14, 20 15 
The Honorable Torri Wheeler 
Chairman 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 12th Street, SW 
Washington, DC 20554 
M IKE DOYLE 
14TH DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA 
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In the Matter of: Nomination for Universal Service Administrative Company Board of 
Directors, CC Docket Nos. 97-2 1 and 96-45 
Dear Chairman Wheeler: 
I am writing to respectfully request the reappointment of Julie Tritt Schell to the USAC 
Board of Directors as a representative of schools. 
Ms. Sche ll is uniquely positioned to share her hands-on experiences as an E-rate 
stakeholder, through her role as a State E-rate Coordinator for more than 17 years, assisting 
Pennsylvania 's 1250 schools and libraries by providing hands on training and outreach. In 
add ition, she files E-rate funding applications for PAIUnet, the 10 GB broadband and Internet 
network that interconnects Pennsylvania's 28 intermediate units, and thus understands the 
challenges and opportunities relative to statewide broadband networks nationwide. 
She is a nationally recognized expert on E-rate and related procurement issues, and has 
served as Co-Chair of the State E-rate Coordinators Alliance since the organization's inception 
in the early days of the E-rate program. She was previously the PA Director of Educational 
Technology and through that work has a deep understanding of the importance of broadband 
access for all schools. Her public policy background, coupled with her intimate knowledge of 
the E-rate program and its governance make her the ideal candidate for the USAC board. 
At this stage in the FCC's E-rate Modernization implementation, it is important to have 
continuity on the USAC board. Ms. Schell has represented the schools communi ty with 
distinction over the last three years, parti cularly over the last six months as the Schools and 
Libraries Committee Chair. 
Contact me through: 
http://www.doyle.house.gov 
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For all of these reasons, I encourage the Commission to re-appoint Ms. Schell to the USAC 
Board of Directors on behalf of schools. 
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Mike Doyle r 
Member of Congress