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FCC extends deadline for emergency alert formatting
Broadcast media, cable operators and satellite providers participating in the Emergency Alert System now officially have until June 30, 2012 to comply with the common alerting protocols that enable
Effective emergency alert system will depend on local training
A training program for state and local officials on how to use the national emergency alert system is "desperately needed," according to Suzanne Goucher, president and CEO of the Maine Association of
FEMA: Emergency alert test was a success
The Nov. 9 nationwide test of the emergency alert system "was a success," despite "a few things that didn't go as well as we thought they might," a Federal Emergency Management Agency official told a
Emergency alert system test had glitches
A Nov. 9 nationwide test of the emergency alert system went less than perfectly, according to reports from across the country. The test, meant to last 30 seconds at precisely 2 p.m. EST and be
First EAS nationwide test will lack captioning, say federal officials
This Wednesday will be the first nationwide test of the new Emergency Alert System, federal officials are reminding broadcasters and the public. The EAS requires public television broadcasters, cable
FEMA, FCC schedule first test of the Emergency Alert System
The first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will be held Nov. 9, 2011 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time, according to a June 9 announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and
SPOTLIGHT: GAO: Emergency alert system old, unreliable
In the eight years since the 9-11 attacks, the government has done plenty of work to upgrade security systems. But it has never tackled any effort to modernize the U.S. emergency alert system. A
