FCC reaffirms wiretap deadline
NetworkWorld.com, 05/05/06
The FCC reaffirmed the May 14, 2007, deadline for facilities-based broadband Internet access and interconnected VoIP providers to comply with the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) for electronic surveillance.
The deadline was first established under the FCC's First Report and Order, dated Sept. 23, 2005. This week's order concludes that this deadline gives providers of these services sufficient time to develop compliance solutions, and notes that standards developments for these services are already underway.
CALEA has come under fire from higher educational institutions that say compliance will cost them billions of dollars, jeopardize research and open their networks to further hacker attacks. By providing facilities to access the Internet, universities and libraries fear they fall under the umbrella of the CALEA compliance order.
-- Jim Duffy
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