CALEA Milestone Dates Released

January 9, 2007

For those of you that have been waiting for the FCC to set the deadlines for filing reports for Section 105 , Section 107 and Monitoring reports, the Office of Management and Budget has now given their approval. For those of you that have not been waiting or didn't even know they were pending, these are the milestones that accompany the current May 14, 2007 deadline for CALEA compliance.

The 105 filing is a security process and procedure document that describes how the carrier is going to meet its obligations for maintaining a secure environment with regard to the handling and processing of wiretap requests.

The 107 filing is a cost recovery procedure that will have little application to current carriers since the only equipment eligible for cost recovery is equipment deployed before October 25, 1998.

And the Monitoring Report provides a view into the carrier's progress with regard to meeting the May 14, 2007 CALEA deadline. This is accomplished by filing FCC Form 445.

The newly posted dates are as follows:

March 12, 2007 for Section 105 filings

February 12, 2007 for Section 107 filings

February 12, 2007 for Monitoring Reports

These dates seem close but all previous announcements and publications indicated that they would be coming shortly so it shouldn't be catching anyone by surprise.

For more information on these reports filings you can check with the FCC site http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2006/dd061214.html or send me a question and I can provide more info.