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FCC RIN: 3060-AI49 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: In the Matter of Review of the Emergency Alert System 
Abstract: In the First Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296 the Commission adopted rules that expanded the reach of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to cover digital communications services that Americans increasingly use to receive news and entertainment, namely, digital television and radio, digital cable, and satellite television and radio. In the Second Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296 the Commission took various steps to increase the reliability, security, and efficacy of the nation’s EAS network, including: (1) Requiring EAS Participants to accept a message using Common Alerting Protocol v1.1 (CAP) no later than 180 days after FEMA publicly publishes its adoption of such standard; (2) requiring EAS Participants to adopt Next Generation EAS delivery systems no later than 180 days after FEMA publicly releases standards for those systems; (3) preserving the current EAS network but enhanced its effectiveness, scope, and redundancy by enabling EAS delivery system upgrades and by including Wireline Video Providers in EAS; (4) requiring EAS Participants to transmit State and local EAS alerts originated by governors or their designees no later than 180 days after FEMA publishes its adoption of the CAP standard, provided that the State has a Commission-approved EAS State plan that provides for delivery of such alerts; and (5) concurrently adopting a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to explore certain EAS-related issues, including provision of EAS alerts to disabled Americans and to Americans who do not speak English. 
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 11   
Legal Authority: 47 USC 151    47 USC 154(i)    47 USC 154(o)    47 USC 303(r)    ...   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/30/2004  69 FR 52843   
First R&O  11/25/2005  70 FR 71023   
FNPRM  11/25/2005  70 FR 71072   
Second R&O  11/02/2007  72 FR 62123   
FNPRM  11/02/2007  72 FR 62123   
FNPRM Comment Period End  12/17/2007    
Next Action Undetermined  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.fcc.gov/eb/eas/  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Tom Beers
Chief, Policy & Licensing Division
Federal Communications Commission
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554
Phone:202 418-0952
Email: tom.beers@fcc.gov