A senior executive of a relay service provider must certify...
A senior executive of a relay service provider must certify under penalty of perjury that information submitted for compensation from the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Fund is correct, said an interim rule adopted Tuesday by the FCC. The commission said…
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in a Federal Register notice that it adopted the rule without notice or comment “in light of the explosive growth of the TRS Fund in recent years and evidence of fraud against the Fund.” The Justice Department in November charged 26 people with stealing more than $50 million total from the fund (CD Nov 23 p5). The FCC is taking comments on the new rule until Sept. 13. Under the interim rule, a senior executive will need to certify that minutes of use submitted for compensation were handled in compliance with the Communications Act and weren’t the result of kickbacks or other improper payments and that cost and demand data are true and correct. In a separate notice, the FCC reminded providers that TRS payments can be suspended if the providers don’t submit to audits.