I'm certainly not a lawyer, so absolutely may have misinterpreted. However, what I've quoted above is referring to the definition for a designated communicatio

I'm certainly not a lawyer, so absolutely may have misinterpreted. However, what I've quoted above is referring to the definition for a designated communications provider, as opposed to a 'contracted service provider' - the latter of which makes sense not to include employees as they're not 'contractors'. However, technical assistance notices (which are compulsory, as opposed to 'technical assistance requests') can be served to designated communications providers, as covered by 317L. So the fact employees aren't considered a 'contracted service provider' is therefore not relevant? Again, just reiterating, not at all a lawyer, however at this moment in time, this is my interpretation of the legislation.