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AIMD-96-69R 1 (1996-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaclco0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GA O General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-270363 Aprl1 1, 1996 Congressional Committees In October 1994, the Congress enacted the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act' (CALEA) to ensure the ability of law enforcement agencies, when authorized by court order, to intercept (wiretap) electronic communications. To accomplish this goal, the act established a process whereby (1) the Department of Justice notifies telecommunications carriers of law enforcement's capacity requirements,2 (2) the carriers respond with statements identifying systems and services that do not meet the requirements, (3) Justice, using the statements and other law enforcement information, selects carriers to modify their networks (that is, change or add equipment, facilities, and services) to accommodate law enforcement requirements, and (4) Justice reimburses the carriers for the modifications from $500 million authorized by this law, subject to congressional appropriations. Justice has assigned the responsibility for carrying out these tasks to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The act also requires GAO to report to the Congress by April 1, 1996, and every 2 years thereafter, on (1) the equipment, facilities, and services that have been modified to comply with the act and (2) whether FBI payments to telecommunications carriers for equipment, facilities, and services are reasonable and cost effective. The act directs us to include in our report the estimated total cost of bringing the telecommunications carriers into compliance with law enforcement requirements and a description of the equipment, facilities, and services that are modified to accomplish this objective. 'Public Law 103414, October 25, 1994 (47 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 2The capacity requirements specify the number of electronic wiretaps that law enforcement anticipates it will need to conduct and use simultaneously on carrier networks. GAO/ATMD-96-69R Status of CALEA Implementation ( - 5x

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