With Christmas weekend almost upon us, let's not lose sight of the fact that Form 3 reports from the nationwide EAS test conducted in early November are due to be filed by December 27.… Continue Reading
The on-line system devised by the Commission for reporting the results of the Nationwide EAS Test -- that would be the Test currently scheduled for next week -- is apparently still a work in progress.… Continue Reading
The FCC's Nationwide EAS Test on-line reporting system, unveiled a mere two weeks before the Big Event, has raised some questions among engineers who have tried to use it. Good thing that there's an old-fashioned, non-electronic option for filing those reports.… Continue Reading
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
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
