Talton Defends Request for Confidential Treatment
Talton made its case at the FCC for why its petition seeking a waiver of the agency's rules capping the rates for audio and video for incarcerated people should get confidential treatment. Talton serves U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and “compelling disclosure of sensitive material on such a flimsy basis as seen here risks chilling petitioners from confidently disclosing their protected information to the FCC,” the company said in a filing posted Friday (docket 23-62).
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The petition is “a relatively minor prayer for relief designed to alleviate significant costs/administrative burdens on a small business that already charges at or below the rate caps at a vast majority of its facilities,” Talton said. It's “a price leader” in the prison-calling space, and “its Petition seeks to avoid the burden of reestablishing an entire contract structure for the sake of heaping unnecessary complexity and cost on a small business.”
Last week, the FCC paused consideration of Talton’s waiver petition because of concerns about the request for confidential treatment (see 2505070057).