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FCC | RIN: 3060-AI49 | Publication ID: Spring 2009 |
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 nations 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 (FNPRM) 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) ... |
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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 |