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A hub for technical knowledge management.
The National Domestic Communications Assistance Center (NDCAC) is a National center, organized under the Department of Justice (DoJ), designed as a hub for technical knowledge management that facilitates the sharing of solutions and know-how among law enforcement agencies, and strengthen law enforcement's relationships with the communications industry.
The National Domestic Communication Assistance Center (NDCAC) has four core functions: Law Enforcement Coordination, Industry Relations, Technology Sharing, and CALEA Implementation.
Law enforcement faces many challenges in today’s technology-oriented environment - one of which is the need to anticipate how new communications service and technologies available today can be used in the furtherance of crime. Law enforcement often does not have timely access to information about providers, services, implementation plans, or the impacts of today’s services on law enforcement - including collection and analysis of digital evidence. Each agency is unique in its capabilities and resource limitations but there are several commonalities in their respective needs (e.g., access to technical information / solutions, knowledge about service of process, training) that can benefit from getting to know and understand the NDCAC’s unique set of skills and competencies
Executive Advisory Board
In October 1994, Congress took action to protect public safety and ensure national security by enacting the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA), Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279. The law further defines the existing statutory obligation of telecommunications carriers to assist law enforcement in executing electronic surveillance pursuant to court order or other lawful authorization. The objective of CALEA implementation is to preserve law enforcement's ability to conduct lawfully-authorized electronic surveillance while preserving public safety, the public's right to privacy, and the telecommunications industry's competitiveness.
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