Both the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts will be subject to a "re-examination" by the agency.

WASHINGTON —As expected, the Federal Communications Commission has embarked on a major effort to reexamine the national alert ...

The Federal Communications Commission voted at its August 7 open meeting to conduct a comprehensive ... Read More ...

Emergency alert reform, DIRS modernization, and broadcast rule repeal were front and center at the FCC August Open Meeting.

The FCC noted the requirement for all stations to file the EAS Test Reporting System Form One by Oct. 3., but there will be ...

In this edition of Consumer Catch-Up, the FCC and FEMA will be testing the emergency alert system this Wednesday, finances seen as one of the most taboo topics of conversation, and Google outlines ...

The FCC’s DIRS modernization joins a sweeping EAS review under Chairman Carr’s Build America Agenda, aiming to streamline ...

Minnesota’s patchwork of emergency systems issued two alerts in two days — but on different timelines and terms.

FCC Embarks on Major Reexamination of Emergency Alert Systems Carr did stress that the FCC would be voting in July to “eliminate 98 obsolete broadcast rules and requirements—totaling 5,117 words and a ...

The goal is for the alert system to facilitate a more efficient and coordinated response across multiple jurisdictions, to locate missing people, according to the proposal. Native Public Media, a ...