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General Instructions for Form 445

Purpose of Form 445

FCC Form 445 is used to monitor the progress of telecommunications carriers that provide facilities-based

broadband Internet access or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) services in complying

with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) and the Commission’s

requirements for such facilities and services. See Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and

Broadband Access and Services, ET Docket No. 04-295, Second Report and Order and Memorandum

Opinion and Order, FCC 06-56 (released May 12, 2006), 21 FCC Rcd 5360 (2006) (Second Report and

Order). See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.2000 et seq.

Who Must File and When

The telecommunications carriers that use this form are those carriers that provide facilities-based

broadband Internet access or interconnected VOIP service that the Commission has determined shall

comply with CALEA. These carriers include common carriers offering telecommunications services for

sale to the public, as well as those entities that the Commission has determined are telecommunications

carriers subject to CALEA. See Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and Broadband

Access and Services, ET Docket No. 04-295, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking, FCC 05-153 (released Sept. 23, 2005), 20 FCC Rcd 14989 (2005) (First Report and Order).

Telecommunications carriers shall file FCC Form 445 by the date specified in a Public Notice issued by the

Commission.

Filing Instructions

Carriers shall file with the Commission one original and two copies of FCC Form 445, addressed to:

Secretary

Federal Communications Commission

Attention: CALEA Monitoring Report

445 12

Street, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20554

Carriers shall file with the Federal Bureau of Investigation one copy of FCC Form 445, addressed to:

CALEA Implementation Unit

14800 Conference Center Drive, Suite 300

Chantilly, VA 20151-0450

FCC Form 445 will be treated as presumptively confidential pursuant to section 0.457(g) of the

Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.457(g), and must be filed under seal by the petitioner. Petitioners must

mark the top of each page of their report “Confidential—Not for Public Inspection.” Persons seeking access

to any information from a section 109(b)(1) proceeding must request such access pursuant to section 0.461

of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.461.

FCC Form 445 – Instructions

December 2006

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