CALEA

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA)

Overview

TIA is continually working to develop a series of standards to provide law enforcement with the capabilities mandated by the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA). Meanwhile, the FCC continues to examine the scope of CALEA with guidance from its congressional directive to preserve government's ability to intercept communications involving advanced technologies; protect the privacy of communications; and implement CALEA in a manner that does not impede the introduction of new technologies, features and services. TIA’s persistent advocacy of a manageable implementation of CALEA, led by industry standards efforts, has acted as a counterweight to law enforcement requests for capabilities beyond what is required under current law.  These issues continue to persist as new technologies are introduced into the marketplace and others remain in development.

Findings

November 16, 2000 TIA Comments in Response to Public Notice on CALEA Technical Capabilities. (428KB PDF; 11 pages)

November 16, 2000 TIA Submits Report to FCC Concerning CALEA and Packet-Data Technologies. (236KB PDF; 89 pages)

September 29, 2000 Cover Letter. (26KB PDF; 5 pages)

September 15, 2000 TIA files Comments on Petition to Extend CALEA Compliance Date (198K PDF; 5 pages)

FCC Memorandum Opinion and Order regarding blanket extension for CALEA deadline to June 30, 2000. 

February 16, 1999 Comments by TIA regarding the Bureau's Notice of Inquiry. (39K PDF; 13 pages)

January 27, 1999 Reply Comments on the Commission's Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, regarding implementation of CALEA. (80K PDF; 29 pages)

September 10, 1998 FCC Grants Blanket Extension for CALEA Deadline (120K PDF; 34 pages)

June 12, 1998 TIA Files Reply Comments to the FCC in the Matter of CALEA (42K PDF; 18 pages)

TIA urged that the FCC should conclude that J-STD-025 is not "deficient" and should deny the Department of Justice / FBI and Center for Democracy and Technology petition and should recognize J-STD-025 as a valid industry standard that is consistent with CALEA. In the alternative, if the Commission concludes that J-STD-025 is "deficient" in any respect, it should not adopt specific CALEA compliance standards, but should indicate the areas of deficiency and return to TIA the task of setting such standards. TIA also asked that the FCC should also provide the reasonable time specified in CALEA for transition to any new FCC mandated standard.

May 20, 1998 TIA Files Comments Regarding the Joint Petition for Compliance of the Extension Date in the Matter of CALEA (202K PDF; 82 pages)

May 20, 1998 Comments of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) in the Matter of CALEA

May 18, 1998 TIA Files Reply Comments to the FCC in the Matter of CALEA (49K PDF; 20 pages)

Reply Comments to CC Docket No. 97-213/DA No. 98-762.

May 8, 1998 TIA Files Comments to the FCC in the Matter of CALEA (51K PDF; 20 pages)

Comments to CC Docket No. 97-213/DA No. 98-762.

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