United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-08-11 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-AIMD-94-173 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-94-173 P0b002ee180381a9b f:tai94173 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-94-173 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-94-173 T-AIMD-94-173 Intelligence gathering operations Telecommunications operations Proposed legislation Law enforcement agencies Law enforcement Telecommunications equipment Interagency relations Research and development costs Cost control Crime prevention Testimony AIMD In 1992, GAO reported that the ability of law enforcement agencies to execute court-approved wiretaps was challenged by advanced telecommunications technology. To determine changes in the state of technology since that time, GAO interviewed representatives from law enforcement organizations, telephone service providers and manufacturing companies. These discussions revealed that although some technological solutions have been developed to facilitate law enforcement agencies' wiretap efforts, other technology changes have made it more difficult for them to use traditional wiretap methods. While these agencies are still able to conduct most court-approved wiretaps, they report that investigations were delayed or court orders simply were not pursued because of these problems. In addition, industry representatives told GAO that there are current and imminent technological situations that would be difficult to wiretap, even though they have not yet received wiretap court orders for those situations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-94-173/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-94-173.htm GAO/T-AIMD-94-173 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-94-173 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-94-173; Electronic Surveillance: Technologies Continue to Pose Challenges; Intelligence gathering operations Telecommunications operations Proposed legislation Law enforcement agencies Law enforcement Telecommunications equipment Interagency relations Research and development costs Cost control Crime prevention