Just released by the FCC - the new EAS Handbook that MUST be deployed by each EAS participant in connection with the November 9 Nationwide Test. Plus, the Nationwide Test reporting forms have finally been activated at the FCC's website.… Continue Reading
With the first ever nationwide EAS test fast approaching, the FCC has yet to unveil the electronic reporting format it promised last February - but that doesn't stop US from providing our readers a look-see.… Continue Reading
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
With Thanksgiving less than 36 hours away, the Commission has given us all something to be thankful for -- by extending, until September 30, 2011, the deadline for all EAS participants to implement the Common Alerting Protocol reception requirement.… Continue Reading
A recent Notice of Apparent Liability illustrates questionable priorities in the FCC's approach to the calculation of fines and forfeitures.… Continue Reading
With FEMA's adoption of Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standards, all EAS participants now have 180 days to prepare themselves to accept CAP-based EAS alerts. But hold on a minute -- the FCC still hasn't amended its own rules to provide for CAP-based emergency messaging.… Continue Reading
In anticipation of an impending overhaul of the Emergency Alert System to accommodate the Common Alerting Protocol standard, the Commission has invited comments on possible changes to any or all of Part 11 of the Rules.… 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
