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B-286182 1 (2001-01-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamlt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Contribution of Telecommunications Services to the D.C. Courts File: B-286182 Date: January 11, 2001 DIGEST Verizon Communications has agreed to provide the District of Columbia Court System telecommunications services and equipment valued at $1.53 million pursuant to a rate case settlement agreement between the Office of the People's Counsel of the District of Columbia and Verizon. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia has approved the settlement agreement. We conclude that the District of Columbia Courts may accept this contribution of services and equipment. DECISION The District of Columbia Courts requested an advance decision on whether they can lawfully accept and use a contribution of telecommunications services and equipment made available to them as part of a settlement agreement in a rate case between the Office of the People's Counsel of the District of Columbia (OPC) and Bell Atlantic, Washington, D.C., Inc. (BA-DC) (now Verizon Communications).' Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Verizon has agreed to provide services and equipment equivalent to $1.53 million to the District of Columbia Courts for the purpose of developing advanced telecommunications services that promote and facilitate access to the legal system within the District of Columbia Court System. We conclude that the District of Columbia Courts may accept and use the services and equipment directed to them by Verizon pursuant to its settlement agreement with OPC. 'For the remainder of the decision, we will refer to both Bell Atlantic-DC (BA-DC) and Verizon Communications as Verizon.

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