FCC Releases Eighth Annual 9-1-1 Fee Report, Seeks Comment

Last week, the FCC released its Eighth Annual Report to Congress on State Collection and Distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 Fees and Charges (Report).  The Commission submits the Report to Congress annually pursuant to the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 (NET 911 Act), which requires that the Commission report whether 911 fees and charges collected by the states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian territories (states and other reporting entities) are being used for any purpose other than to support 911 and Enhanced 911 (E911) services.  By this public notice, the Commission solicits public comment on the Report and the information provided therein to the Commission by states and other reporting entities.

The Report covers the collection and distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 fees and charges for the calendar year ending December 31, 2015, and was submitted to Congress on December 30, 2016.  The Report also contains more detailed state-by-state information than prior annual reports on the number and type of 911 calls, the number of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and telecommunicators, expenditure of funds for Next Generation 911 (NG911) services, deployment of Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets) and text-to-911 service, establishment of programs to support PSAP cybersecurity, and the extent of state-level oversight and auditing of collection and use of 911 fees.

Click here to view the report and here for information on filing comments.