Mark your calendar: another "virtual roundtable" designed to assist the government and industry in prepping for the upcoming nationwide EAS test is set for September 30.… Continue Reading
On the EAS front: the Commission has issued another notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at advancing the transition to a CAP-based emergency alert system. Newly-announced comment deadlines are coming up fast. Good news: the notice suggests that the FCC is open to possible extension of the CAP implementation deadline, currently set for September 30.… Continue Reading
The process toward a national EAS test has taken a bureaucratic step forward with publication of the FCC's February order in the Federal Register.… Continue Reading
The FCC has issued an erratum clarifying the due date for participants' reports following the recently-announced (but as yet unscheduled) nationwide EAS test.… Continue Reading
As part of its overall review of the Emergency Alert System, the Commission has adopted an order which will, among other changes, lead to the first-ever national test of the EAS.… Continue Reading
Concerned about whether the national EAS system would really work if we needed it, the FCC is proposing to conduct annual national EAS tests for all EAS participants.… Continue Reading