FCC launches sweeping review of emergency alert systems.2025-08-08 18:01 by DanielaTags: FCC
The Federal Communications Commission voted at its August 7 open meeting to conduct a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's emergency alerting infrastructure, marking the first ground-up examination of systems that haven’t been fundamentally reviewed in more than three decades. The Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will examine both the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts to determine whether these critical public safety tools require structural changes to better serve modern communication needs. The current frameworks underlying EAS and WEA are 31 and 13 years old, respectively. "Just because something has been done a certain way for a certain number of years, we should not hesitate to change things up," Chairman Brendan Carr said in his statement. "That's a long time by any measure, and a lifetime in the tech sector." The emergency alert review also highlights ongoing delays in multilingual emergency communications.Despite unanimous FCC approval last year for alert templates in 13 languages beyond English, implementation has stalled following industry opposition. Read more -here-
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