Mintz Levin private law firm announces establishment and officials of CALEA's
PSHSB Policy Division:

FCC ESTABLISHES NEW PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU At its recent meeting the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) established a new Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (“PSHSB”).

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Kenneth Moran, previously director of the Office of Homeland Security in the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, will be acting chief of the PSHSB. Lisa Folkes, previously an assistant chief in the Enforcement Bureau, and Dana Shaffer, who was a deputy chief in the Wireline Competition Bureau, will be deputy chiefs in the new Bureau. Joseph Casey, previously chief ofthe Enforcement Bureau’s Spectrum Enforcement Division, and
David Furth,
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http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/photogallery/NCAI2005.html

Associate Bureau Chief David Furth and other representatives of the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau engage in dialogue on the
FCC's spectrum licensing rules and
how Tribes can access wireless spectrum

formerly associate chief and chief counsel of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, will be associate chiefs of the PSHSB. Furth will focus on 800 MHz relocation matters. Timothy Peterson, will be the chief of staff for the new Bureau, as he previously was for the Office of Managing Director. The new bureau will have about 90 employees, mostly relocated from other FCC bureaus

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The first federal deadline is tomorrow, Feb 12. On that date, you have to file "compliance" statements. Either you are (and how you are) or if you aren't, how you are going to.

You are expected to list your network topology, equipment manufacturers and methodology for compliance.

Yet, most ISP's have no idea yet how they intend to comply. Few can.

A few companies offer the data sorting and extraction services remotely... The estimated cost for the device alone is $100,000 for that kind of service.

The program is called CALEA, or Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies.

The federal goverment is taking the stance that they demand what they want, and industry is left to define how to do it - to create standards on their own.

Guess who creates the standards? The big guys. Cisco, Telephone companies, network providers. Guess who they want to put out of business? Small providers.

Internet services was the bright star of our economy. ANyone could become an ISP. Countless small companies have created a serves and data revolution that has fueled our economic engine for the last few years.

We may not know it yet. We may not have noticed it yet. But the ISP business is dead. It has been usurped by the federal government, taken over. Network design and operations are now controlled by Big Brother. Technologies and operational techniques are now mandated by federal desires to NOT HAVE TO DO ANY WORK to spy on you.

I have devoted the last 4 years of my life to building, from NOTHING a broadband business, to bring services to areas that will never get them otherwise. I have yet to earn a paycheck. Every dime I have been able to get through sales has been reinvested in this venture.

And I am seriously considering writing my customers letters tomorrow, explaining that as of a short time from now, they will have to find a new provider, as I will have to abandon the business, as I have no money with which to fund "compliance".

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Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)
Note: The following information is provided for general reference purposes only and should not be relied upon for a full and complete understanding of the CALEA statute. Carriers and others seeking to know how they are affected by CALEA should consult the statute and relevant FCC rules, Orders, and other publications, as well as rules and other documents published by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) CALEA Team:

David Ward, Senior Attorney, PSHSB Policy Division (202.418.2336)
Darryl Cooper, Senior Attorney, PSHSB Policy Division (202.418.7131)
[color="Red"]Eric Ehrenreich, Attorney Advisor, PSHSB Policy Division (202.418.1726)
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http://www.drake.edu/oncampus/vol57-no20-022805/

Ehrenreich is the 2004-05 Douglas and Carol Cohen fellow at the Holocaust Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin. His dissertation was titled "Genealogy and Genocide: The Nazi 'Proof of Ancestry' and the Holocaust."

Ehrenreich's research focuses on the history of institutions involved in implementing and rationalizing Nazi racial policies.

Thomas J. Beers, Associate Division Chief, PSHSB Policy Division (202.418.0952)

• INTRODUCTION
• INFORMATION FILING REQUIREMENTS AND RELATED DEADLINES
• Monitoring Reports (Due February 12, 2007)
• Updates of Pending Section 107(c) Petitions (Due February 12, 2007)
• System Security and Integrity Plans (Due March 12, 2007)
• CALEA COMPLIANCE – SOME BASIC INFORMATION
• Compliance For Circuit Equipment, Facilities Or Services
• Compliance For Packet Equipment, And Equipment For Facilities-Based Broadband Internet Access Providers And Providers Of Interconnected VoIP
• PETITIONS FOR RELIEF
• Section 107(c) Petitions For Extension of Compliance Dates
• Section 109(b)(1) Petitions For Cost-Shifting Relief
• Filing Procedures For Section 107(c) And Section 109(b)(1) Petitions

INTRODUCTION

In response to concerns that emerging technologies such as digital and wireless communications were making it increasingly difficult for law enforcement agencies to execute authorized surveillance, Congress enacted CALEA on October 25, 1994. CALEA was intended to preserve the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have the necessary surveillance capabilities. Common carriers, facilities-based broadband Internet access providers, and [color="red"]providers of interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service (Skype etc.) – all three types of entities are defined to be “telecommunications carriers” for purposes of CALEA section 102, 47 U.S.C. § 1001 – must comply with the CALEA obligations set forth in CALEA section 103, 47 U.S.C. § 1002. See CALEA First Report and Order (rel. Sept. 23, 2005).