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Full Title:
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for Alerting Security Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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Public Notice
Bureau(s):
Public Safety and Homeland Security
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DA/FCC #:
DA-22-1225
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Docket/RM:
15-94
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The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces the comment and reply comment dates for the Alerting Security Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Tags:
Emergency Alert SystemWireless Emergency AlertsEmergency Alert System Rules - EAS
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Amendment of Part 11 of the Commission's Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System, et al., PS Docket No. 15-94 et al., Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Doc Type:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Bureau(s):
Public Safety and Homeland Security
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DA/FCC #:
FCC-22-82
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Docket/RM:
15-94
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FCC launches a rulemaking to improve the security and reliability of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)
Full Title:
Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System
Doc Type:
Report and Order
Bureau(s):
Public Safety and Homeland Security
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DA/FCC #:
FCC-22-75
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Docket/RM:
15-94
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The Commission adopted a Report and Order improving the clarity and accessibility of Emergency Alert System (EAS) visual messages to the public, including persons who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as others who are unable to access the audio message
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Federal Communications Commission Grants Waiver for Local Wireless Emergency Alert Performance Tests
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Order
Bureau(s):
Public Safety and Homeland Security
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DA/FCC #:
DA-22-901
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Docket/RM:
22-160
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The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau grants a waiver to allow 42 emergency management agency partners to participate in the 2022 WEA performance exercise, scheduled for September 12-13, 2022
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PSHSB Letter to Verizon Regarding Wireless Emergency Alert Tests
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Letter
Bureau(s):
Public Safety and Homeland Security
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Docket/RM:
22-160
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Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Letter to Verizon Regarding Local Wireless Emergency Alert Performance Tests on Sept. 12 & 13, 2022
Full Title:
Wireless Emergency Alerts; Amendments to Part 11 of the Commission's Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System
Doc Type:
Order
Bureau(s):
Public Safety and Homeland Security
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DA/FCC #:
DA-22-850
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Docket/RM:
15-91
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The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau grants a request for waiver of the FCC's Wireless Emergency Alert rules to permit tests to be conducted by Yolo, Sacramento, and Placer, California.
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Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Urges Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to Take Immediate Steps to Secure EAS Equipment
Doc Type:
Public Notice
Bureau(s):
Public Safety and Homeland Security
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DA/FCC #:
DA-22-828
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Docket/RM:
15-94
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FCC advises communications providers that participate in the EAS to take steps to secure their EAS equipment against risks impacting devices that are publicly accessible from the Internet
