The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will host a summit on the nation’s Emergency Alert System Monday, May 19, 9:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m., in the Commission Meeting Room.

The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has announced the agenda for its summit on the nation’s Emergency Alert System Monday, May 19, 9:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m., in the Commission Meeting Room.

On Thursday, March 25, the FCC will convene a Summit on "Emergency Communications and Homeland Security - Working With the Disability Community," from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC headquarters, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The summit fulfills one of the action items identified i

The commission will examine efforts to implement next-generation Emergency Alert System technologies as part of the gathering.

The commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is asking for comments on possible changes to rules governing EAS to accommodate the new Common Alerting Protocol.

The FCC is reviewing the Emergency Alert System. Past reports indicated the commission would issue a Notice of Inquiry on the topic this month, but Thursday, the commissioners unanimously issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking comment on how EAS can be improved to be a more effective mechanism for warning the

At last week's open commission meeting, FCC commissioners voted unanimously to create the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau within the FCC. The new bureau will handle issues and functions relating to public safety and homeland security that had previously been distributed among seven different bureaus and offi