CALEA - 81 Resources

Overview
Publications (48)
Presentations (21)
Podcasts (5)
Blogs (7)

Overview

CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) is a United States federal law that enables the government to intercept wire and electronic communications and call-identifying information under certain circumstances -- in particular, when it is necessary in order to protect national security. Originally designed for use with the telephone system, the FCC and DoJ were later petitioned to extend CALEA to the Internet. In September 2005, the FCC issued an order extending the CALEA to providers of broadband Internet access and interconnected voice-over-IP services. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld that order on appeal.

Because many campuses and higher education networks fell under the definition of a “facilities-based Internet provider”, there was concern that this new order would require compliance by campus and other higher education networks. It was argued that the cost of compliance for campus networks would far outweigh the benefits it would give law enforcement. After thorough review, the final court decision appears to allow for most, if not all, campus networks to be exempt from compliance. For more information please go to: The Application of CALEA to Higher Education Networks, Thinking Through the CALEA Exempt/Non-Exempt Issue, and Letter from the Networking Policy Council.

Featured Information

EDUCAUSE Actions & Resources

Most Recent Updates

Trusted Third Party Providers
Equipment Manufacturers
SSI Report Template
SSI Report Sample #1 (short)
SSI Report Sample #2 (medium)
SSI Report Sample #3 (long)
Security System Report due March 12, 2007
System Security Requirements
Monitoring Report Announcement due February 12, 2007
Monitoring Report Instructions for report due February 12, 2007
Monitoring Report Form for report due February 12, 2007

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Needs to File?
CALEA Frequently Asked Questions
CALEA Tech Expert Group
CALEA Timeline
CALEA Discussion Group
EDUCAUSE Position and Contact, Succinct EDUCAUSE positions and actions on CALEA and other IT and networking policy issues.

Federal Government Resources

Final Court Ruling on ACE vs. FCC was announced on June 9, 2006 in favor of the FCC.
FCC Second Report and Order, released May 12, 2006.
More Documents...

Technical Resources

Industry Standard for Internet Access Providers and Service Providers, March 2007
For the existing TIA standard for service providers offering packet-based services, look for JSTD-025B here.
Trusted Third Party Providers
Equipment Manufacturers
State Education Networks CALEA compliance questions for networking vendors (responses will be compiled and posted at the same link) are available here.

Legal Opinions and Analyses

EDUCAUSE Resources

Letter from the Network Policy Council (August 23, 2006)
Thinking Through the CALEA Exempt/Non-Exempt Issue (August 2006)
EDUCAUSE Special Webcast on CALEA (August 1, 2006)

Government Resources

Final Court Ruling on ACE vs. FCC, decided in favor of the FCC (June 9, 2006)

Resources from Other Associations

ACE Opinion: The Application of CALEA to Higher Education Networks (July 13, 2006)
ALA Opinion: Libraries are Exempt from CALEA Wiretap Obligations (July 2006)
ARL Issue Brief: Libraries and CALEA Obligations (July 2006)
ITAA Paper: Security Implications of Applying the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act to Voice over IP (June 16, 2006)

Other CALEA Resource Pages

American Library Association (ALA)
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
AskCALEA, the Department of Justice website on CALEA
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF)
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Publications (48)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about CALEA.

Item ID	Title	Pub Date	Views
ERM0728	Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information	01/01/2007	3,077
ERM0763	The Internet at Risk: The Need for Higher Education Advocacy	10/19/2007	4,640
CSD4963	Guidelines for Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information	05/11/2007	1,831
CSD4757	One College's CALEA Strategy	01/01/2007	1,623
CSD4783	Countdown to CALEA: Do federal wiretapping laws affect your network?	01/01/2007	1,843
CSD4787	Libraries are Exempt from CALEA Wiretap Obligations	01/01/2006	1,808
CSD4788	CALEA Project	01/01/2007	1,473
CSD4803	Private Network and Interconnection Exemptions Under CALEA	01/01/2007	1,977
EPO0601	CALEA Opening Brief	01/01/2006	4,695
CSD4990	CALEA: It doesn't apply to universities and libraries after all	05/17/2007	2,502
CSD5038	Deep packet inspection meets 'Net neutrality, CALEA	07/25/2007	2,884
ERM04611	Envisioning the IT Policy Agenda	01/01/2004	6,078
CSD4299	Signaling Vulnerabilities in Wiretapping Systems	01/01/2005	2,321
CSD4300	Security, Wiretapping, and the Internet	01/01/2005	2,460
CSD4320	Government Surveillance Could Cost UAA Millions	01/01/2005	2,538
CSD4321	University Lobbies to Prevent Extension of Controversial Law	01/01/2005	2,033
CSD4348	Hoping to Avoid $7 Billion Expense	01/01/2005	2,295
CSD4607	Thinking Through the CALEA Exempt/Non-Exempt Issue	01/01/2006	1,954
CSD4608	So Much for Good Intentions	01/01/2006	1,808
EPO0628	Summary of the vote and discussion of the CALEA Second Report and Order; FCC Open Commission Meeting, May 3, 2006	01/01/2006	2,935
ERM0619	CALEA: Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best	01/01/2006	4,134
CSD4190	Wireless Wiretapping	01/01/2005	2,121
CSD4225	Wiretap Rules for VoIP, Broadband Coming in 2007	01/01/2005	2,131
CSD4231	AskCALEA	01/01/2005	2,282
CSD4234	CALEA Assistance Capability Requirements	01/01/2005	2,385

Presentations (21)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with CALEA

Item ID	Title	Pub Date	Views
LIVE1110	Lawful Access: Issues and Challenges for Universities	04/07/2011	272
NMD0609	CALEA: An Update and Open Discussion of the Legal, Technical, and Policy Issues Regarding This Controversial New Regulation	02/07/2006	4,904
POL07002	The Year in Review	05/16/2007	2,260
MAC07034	CALEA	01/18/2007	1,630
NMD07007	Federal IT Policy: Higher Education and the New Congress	02/05/2007	3,084
NMD07009	My Network Needs to Become CALEA Compliant: What's Next?	02/06/2007	2,394
NMD07025	Network Policy Council Meeting	02/04/2007	2,118
EDU05264	CALEA: What Could It Mean for Your Network?	10/20/2005	2,780
EDU06193	Your Papers, Please: The Government Discovers Identity Management	10/10/2006	1,769
EDU06260	Policing the Internet: Higher Education Law and Policy	10/11/2006	3,745
EDU06317	IT Policy in Higher Education: Now a Presidential Concern	10/10/2006	2,480
EPO0655	Special Webcast on CALEA	01/01/2006	3,381
LIVE0522	Wiretapping the Internet: CALEA and Higher Education	01/01/2005	2,830
MWR0684	When Policy and Technology Collide: What CALEA, Community Broadband Deployment and Net Neutrality Mean for the Future of the Internet	03/14/2006	2,671
NMD0613	Industry technical strategies, approaches and challenges associated with CALEA compliance	02/08/2006	2,488
SWR0667	When Policy and Technology Collide: What CALEA, Community Broadband Deployment, and Net Neutrality Mean for the Future of the Internet	02/23/2006	2,366
CSD4476	Eleventh Annual ICPL Seminar	01/01/2006	1,821
EPO0534	CALEA Panel Discussion	01/01/2004	2,199
POL0403	Hot Topics Panel - Protecting the Future of Innovation: How the IP-Services Proceedings May Have Unforeseen Consequences	01/01/2004	4,336
LIVE048	USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond: How Higher Education Institutions and Libraries Are Cooperating and Coping	01/01/2004	4,029
CSD3445	CALEA panel	01/01/2004	3,450

Podcasts (5)

Name	Views	Post date
2007 Policy Conference: Year In Review Play \| Show Notes \| Download (30.14 MB audio/mpeg)	4,735	06/05/2007
An Interview with Douglas Van Houweling Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.79 MB audio/mpeg)	4,388	10/19/2006
An Interview with Laurie Antolovic Play \| Show Notes \| Download (17.72 MB audio/mpeg)	3,754	10/17/2006
An Interview with Stephen Rose Play \| Show Notes \| Download (9.01 MB audio/mpeg)	4,155	10/17/2006
An Interview with ALA's Rick Weingarten Play \| Show Notes \| Download (29.42 MB audio/mpeg)	5,548	12/09/2005

Blogs (7)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Tune In April 7 -- Lawful Access: Issues and Challenges for Universities	Ashlan Sarff, EDUCAUSE	03/31/2011	123
Net@EDU Meeting to Focus on Latest Networking Technology Developments	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	10/26/2006	4,354
CALEA Update: Interpretations of Exemption Status	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	08/25/2006	4,729
CALEA slows Municipal WiFi Project	Matt Pasiewicz, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)/NCAR	08/09/2006	4,074
New FCC Order Attempts to Clarify CALEA Ruling	Elisa Coghlan, University of Washington	05/08/2006	3,952
University of Michigan President comments on Google ...	Matt Pasiewicz, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)/NCAR	02/07/2006	4,583
CALEA Resources	Craig Blaha, University of Texas at Austin	10/25/2005	2,414

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