PLEADING CYCLE EXTENDED IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR EXPEDITED
RULEMAKING TO ESTABLISH TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 107(b) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACT (CALEA)
RM-11376
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-2522A1.pdf
Comments Due: July 25, 2007
Reply Comments Due: September 25, 2007
On May 15, 2007, the United States Department of Justice, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation,
and the Drug Enforcement Administration (“Petitioners”) filed a
“Petition for Expedited Rulemaking”
requesting the Commission to initiate a proceeding to find that the
J-STD-025-B standard published
jointly by the Telecommunication Industry Association and the Alliance
for Telecommunications, is
deficient pursuant to Section 107(b) of the Communications Assistance
for Law Enforcement Act
(“CALEA”), 47 U.S.C. 1006(b).1 Petitioners specifically contend that
four additional or modified
intercept capabilities must be included in the J-STD-025-B with respect
to CDMA2000 packet data
wireless services, pursuant to the requirements of CALEA Section 103(a),
47 U.S.C. § 1002(a). These
capabilities are: packet activity reporting; provision of more granular
mobile handset location
information at the beginning and end of a communication; service
quality, including security,
performance and reliability requirements; and timing information (time
stamping). Petitioners ask the
Commission to mandate these capabilities, adopt appropriate rules, and
order telecommunications
carriers to provide the capabilities within twelve months after the
effective date of a final Commission
order.
Petitioner’s CALEA Section 107(b) filing requires the Commission to
undertake a detailed
analysis of complex technical and legal issues associated with each of
the four intercept capabilities
identified in the petition. Although the Commission appreciates the need
to move quickly to address the
petition, it is essential that commenters have the opportunity to
develop a full and detailed record for the
Commission’s consideration. Accordingly, on its own motion and pursuant
to delegated authority, the
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau hereby extends the comment
and reply comment filing
dates in the above-referenced matter as follows: interested parties may
file comments on or before July
25, 2007 and reply comments on or before September 25, 2007. See 47
U.S.C. § 154(i); 47 C.F.R. §§
0.191, and 0.392.
The Commission expects that all parties will fully utilize this
opportunity to carefully and
completely address in their filed comments all relevant issues. The
Commission reiterates, however, its
desire to expeditiously address Petitioners’ request. No additional
extensions of comment and reply
comment dates should be expected.2
All comment and reply comment filings should refer to RM-11376.
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