On April 4, 2023, Leslie Williams, President of SI Wireless LLC (“SI
Wireless”); Mignon Clyburn and Ron Jones of MLC Strategies, and the
undersigned met with Ramesh Nagarajan and Elizabeth Cuttner, legal
advisors for FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, to discuss issues SI Wireless
has encountered with the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications
Networks Reimbursement Program (“Reimbursement Program”).

In the meeting, we discussed the delays SI Wireless has encountered
with the Reimbursement Program and the related delays it has
experienced in receiving reimbursement funds related to numerous and
repeated Requests for Information (“RFIs”). SI Wireless noted that the
back and forth emails related to the RFIs would be better handled in a
telephone call or video conference with the Reimbursement Program Fund
Administrator (“Fund Administrator”). SI Wireless has 65 invoices
totaling $10,987,850.88 that have been outstanding with the Fund
Administrator for over 170 days with the oldest invoices aging past
215 days. Of those 65 invoices, 45 invoices are still awaiting initial
review. SI Wireless has submitted a total of 118 invoices requesting
over $16 million in reimbursement funds. Of those 118, only 11 have
been paid representing about $360,000. SI Wireless’s first payment was
disbursed on November 23, 2022 which means it must complete the
process by November 23, 2023, a year from the first payment being
disbursed.

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10406117307084/1

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* Moderator's Note
* * I'm at a loss to explain how a D.C. law firm would be claiming that
* the FCC is in arrears on payments which total over ten million
* dollars, for "over 170 days."
*
* Would someone with more info please clear this up? Thanks!
* * Bill Horne
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