Talton Responds to Critic of Confidentiality Request
Talton again asked the FCC to approve its petition seeking confidential treatment of its request for a waiver of the agency's rules capping the rates for audio and video for incarcerated people (see 2505090012). Talton, which serves U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, responded this week to a filing from Stephen Raher, principal of Amalgamated Policy Research (AMR) and an advocate of lowering calling rates for prisoners and their families.
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“Talton’s repeated actions to thwart public review of its petition for waiver is probative evidence of bad-faith conduct that justifies denial of the Confidentiality Request,” Raher said last week.
APR argued that Talton’s request for confidential treatment “should be denied because the information Talton seeks to protect (at least with respect to calling rates) is non-confidential; that disclosure about Talton’s pro bono program would not cause Talton competitive harm; and that Talton’s attempt to protect what it believes is confidential information is somehow evidence of ‘bad faith,’” Talton said in a filing posted Wednesday (docket 12-375). “APR is wrong in all respects; its challenge should fail.”