📞FCC Approves Regulations for Incarcerated People's Communications Services
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection associated with the amendments to 47 CFR 64.6060 that the Commission adopted in the 2024 Incarcerated People's Communications Services (IPCS) Order, FCC 24-75, 89 FR 77244 (Sept. 20, 2024), and the requirements for incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) providers' Annual Reports and certifications that the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) adopted in the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order, DA 25-23, 90 FR 11804 (Mar. 12, 2025). OMB approved that information collection on September 8, 2025. The instant document implements aspects of the 2024 IPCS Order and the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order, which directed the Commission to publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these amendments and requirements.
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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