Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services

On September 26, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission released the Inmate Calling Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM).

On April 17, 2014, the FCC submitted the mandatory data collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. In response to several petitions requesting an extension of time to file the mandatory data, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau extended the data collection deadline by 30 days, to August 18, 2014.

In this Order, the FCC responds to motions filed by CenturyLink, GTL, ICSolutions, NCIC, and Telmate (collectively ICS providers) seeking a further extension of time to respond to the Commission’s one-time mandatory data request. We do not find that the circumstances presented here warrant granting another extension.