The National Association of Broadcasters outlined areas where EAS can be improved, including better geotargeting, weather ...

The City of Austin announced Monday it is implementing a new system that gives the city more capabilities to alert the public ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for public input as it takes a fresh look at the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), two critical tools for ...

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*WASHINGTON – FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emer gency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.

Jan. 10 will be a day the EAS crowd remembers. That’s when the FCC released its fifth report and order on EAS and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). The 130-page R&O addresses many of the ongoing ...

The Federal Communications Commission is planning a review of the US emergency alert systems. Both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WAS) will be subject to a ...

Austinites will receive a test emergency alert on Monday, Sept. 29, as the city of Austin becomes a FEMA-approved authority that can use the national emergency alert system IPAWS.