March 10, 2006

FCC Brief on Electronic Surveillance Calms Colleges' Fears About Costs

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

The Federal Communications Commission has clarified how it wants colleges to comply with an order to re-engineer their computer networks so the government can monitor online communications. And the agency's explanation is heartening for colleges, which had feared having to spend billions of dollars on new systems to meet the government's surveillance needs.

In a brief filed last week in federal court here, the FCC indicated that colleges would need to redesign their networks so the

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