[RDS-WHOIS2-LawEnforcement] Fwd: LE Needs input

[Alan Greenberg]

Thanks Thomas.

MLAT = Mutual legal assistance treaty????

Alan

At 26/06/2018 04:29 PM, Walden, Thomas L. wrote:
>Attached you'll find my input for the Law Enforcement Needs slides. 
>Hopefully it sufficiently answers the questions. Sorry for the 
>delayed response.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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>From: thomas walden <waldentl at yahoo.com<mailto:waldentl at yahoo.com>>
>Date: June 26, 2018 at 3:06:48 PM EST
>To: "thomas.l.walden at usdoj.gov<mailto:thomas.l.walden at usdoj.gov>" 
><thomas.l.walden at usdoj.gov<mailto:thomas.l.walden at usdoj.gov>>
>Subject: LE Needs input
>
>Questions requiring answers:
>Purpose of Survey
>Target of Survey
>Plan for analysis of results
>
>
>
>
>1) Purpose of Survey: Attempt to  ascertain the impact  that WHOIS 
>services and databases have upon Public Safety capabilities and 
>operations. This will be accomplished by requesting that the queried 
>party's respond to a 25 question survey comprised of interrogatory's 
>ranging from: whether or not their agency utilizes WHOIS , to how 
>many queries they perform and what they hope to identify via the 
>search. The final question in the survey concerns how they would 
>accomplish these tasks if WHOIS weren't available. This response 
>will illustrate the importance of the WHOIS, along with insight into 
>the capabilities of the participating agencies. This survey will 
>give an extremely accurate overview of WHOIS usage by Public Safety 
>agencies, along with what they glean from their access.
>
>2) Target of Survey: Law Enforcement/Public Safety  investigators, 
>Analyst and Policy makers who directly utilize WHOIS data base in 
>furtherance of their assigned duties and tasks. These participants 
>will represent various agencies and reponsibilities (ie. Drug and 
>Terrorism investigations, Fraud, Child Exploitation) from around the globe.
>
>3)Plan for Analysis of Results: The results of the survey will not 
>only provide insight concerning participants usage of WHOIS, but it 
>will also show means utilized if WHOIS is no longer available. Thus 
>shedding a light upon the impact that WHOIS has upon current Public 
>Safety initiatives and programs. This survey will also allow for the 
>participants to provide insight into the information that would not 
>be obtained or that would take to long to obtain via alternative 
>investigative methods. Such as utilizing an MLAT request.
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