Inmate Calling Services Reporting, Certification, and Mandatory Data Collection Forms and Instructions. In the Report and Order released on November 5, 2015 in WC Docket No. 12-375 (2015 ICS Order), the Commission charged the Bureau with implementing requirements designed to assist the Commission in monitoring the rates, fees, and practices of providers of inmate calling services (ICS). These requirements include a consumer disclosure requirement, an annual reporting and certification requirement, and a mandatory data collection. These requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and notice of OMB’s approval was published in the Federal Register on March 1, 2017, triggering the compliance deadlines established in the 2015 ICS Order. See 82 Fed. Reg. 12182 (March 1, 2017); 82 Fed. Reg. 12992 (March 8, 2017). On January 28, 2020, OMB renewed its approval for the consumer disclosure, annual reporting and certification requirements. See 85 Fed. Reg. 6947 (February 6, 2020). On March 2, 2022, notice of OMB’s approval of a third mandatory data collection was published.
Specifically, as described in more detail in a Public Notice released on February 9, 2022, and in the Order revising annual reporting and certification instructions and templates, released on June 24, 2022 (see links below), ICS providers must submit the annual reporting and certification forms (FCC Forms 2301(a) and 2301(b)) to the Commission by April 1 of each year. ICS providers were also required to submit responses to the third Mandatory Data Collection to the Commission by June 30, 2022. Links to the forms and instructions for the annual reporting and certification and the Third Mandatory Data Collection are found below, along with links to other relevant documents, including a Public Notice regarding the filing of confidential responses.
PUBLIC NOTICES & ORDERS
- FCC Seeks Comment On Its Expanded Authority To Ensure Just And Reasonable Rates And Charges For Incarcerated People's Communications Services
- WCB Announces ICS Annual Reporting and Certification Revisions (2022)
- Wireline Competition Bureau Announces The Due Date For Responses To The Commission's Inmate Calling Services Third Mandatory Data Collection (2022)
- WCB Announces Effectiveness of ICS Disclosure and Waiver Rules (2022)
- WCB Reminds ICS Providers of April Deadline for Annual Reports (2022)
- WCB and OEA Adopt Inmate Calling Services Data Collection (2022)
- Wireline Competition Bureau Announces OMB Renewal Of Information Collection Concerning Inmate Calling Services (2022)
- Third Report And Order, Order On Reconsideration, And Fifth Further Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking (2021)
- Public Notice Regarding 2021 Annual Report
- ICS Database Availability (2020)
- Report and Order On Remand and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2020)
- Annual Report Transparency Order (2020)
- Public Notice Regarding 2020 Annual Report (2020)
- Public Notice Regarding 2019 Annual Report (2019)
- Public Notice Regarding Second Data Collection (2019)
- Public Notice Regarding Filing Confidential Information (2017)
- Order Extending the Deadline for the 2017 Annual Report (2017)
- Letter Clarifying Annual Reporting Instructions (2017)
- Public Notice re ICS Information Collections (2017)
- Second Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2015)
- Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2014)
- Protective Order (2013)
- Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2013)
ANNUAL REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION
- ICS Annual Reporting Form Word Template (Appendix A) (Current)
- ICS Annual Reporting Form Excel Template (Appendix B) (Current)
- ICS Annual Reporting and Certification Instructions (Current)
- ICS Annual Reporting Certification Form (Appendix C) (Current)
- ICS Annual Reporting Form (2019-2022)
- ICS Annual Reporting Form Instructions (2019-2022)
- ICS Annual Reporting Certification Form (2019-2022)
- ICS Annual Reporting Certification Form Instructions (2019-2022)
- ICS Annual Reporting Form (2017-2019)
- ICS Annual Reporting Form Instructions (2017-2019)
- ICS Annual Reporting Certification Form (2017-2019)
- ICS Annual Reporting Certification Form Instructions (2017-2019)
THIRD MANDATORY DATA COLLECTION
- ICS Third Mandatory Data Collection Instructions (2022)
- ICS Third Mandatory Data Collection Word Template (Appendix A) (2022)
- ICS Third Mandatory Data Collection Excel Template (Appendix B) (2022)
- ICS Third Mandatory Data Collection Certification Form (Appendix C) (2022)
SECOND MANDATORY DATA COLLECTION
FIRST MANDATORY DATA COLLECTION