Federal Communications Commission	DA 22-214



 DA 22-214
Released:  March 2, 2022

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES THE DUE DATE FOR RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSION’S INMATE CALLING SERVICES THIRD MANDATORY DATA COLLECTION 

WC Docket No. 12-375

Responses due: June 30, 2022

By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the Commission’s Third Mandatory Data Collection in the Inmate Calling Services proceeding, and announces that the providers’ data collection responses are due on June 30, 2022.
In the 2021 ICS Order, the Commission directed WCB and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) (collectively, WCB/OEA) to develop a new data collection “related to [inmate calling services (ICS)] providers’ operations, costs, demand, and revenues.” Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket No. 12-375, Third Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 36 FCC Rcd 9519, 9618, para. 218 (2021) (2021 ICS Order).
  After seeking public comment, WCB and OEA Seek Comment on Upcoming Third Mandatory Data Collection for Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket No. 12-375, Public Notice, DA 21-1192 (WCB/OEA Sept. 22, 2021).
 WCB/OEA issued an order adopting instructions, a reporting template, and a certification form for the data collection. Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket No. 12-375, Order, DA 22-52 (WCB/OEA Jan. 18, 2022) (Mandatory Data Collection Order).  
  The Commission submitted the collection to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and OMB approved the collection on March 1, 2022. See Notice of Office of Management and Budget Action for New Collection OMB Control No. 3060-1300 (approved Mar. 1, 2022).
  
In the 2021 ICS Order, the Commission specified that ICS providers’ responses to the data collection would be due 120 days after the release of this Public Notice. 2021 ICS Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 9622, para. 228; see also Mandatory Data Collection Order at para. 46.
  Accordingly, providers’ data collection responses are due by June 30, 2022.
We remind each ICS provider that its submission must be signed by an officer who certifies under penalty of perjury that “all statements and information contained in [the Provider’s] Mandatory Data Collection response are true, accurate, and complete.” FCC, Calling Services for Incarcerated People, Third Mandatory Data Collection, Appendix A, http://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/2022_mdc_-_instructions‌_to_third_‌mandatory_‌data_‌collection‌_1.18.2022‌.docx.
  All required data must be submitted using the reporting template provided by the Commission, and in a machine-readable and manipulable format.  The instructions, reporting template, and certification form for the data collection are available at the following hyperlink: http://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/2022_mdc_-_instructions‌_to_third_mandatory_data_collection_1.18.2022.docx. 

For additional information regarding this matter, please contact Erik Raven-Hansen, Wireline Competition Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, at (202) 418-1532 or erik.raven-hansen@fcc.gov.  Please copy mandatorydatacollection@fcc.gov on any related email correspondence.

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