Rep. Meek (D-Fla.), a member of the House Select Committee on Hom...
Rep. Meek (D-Fla.), a member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, introduced a bill charging the Dept. of Homeland Security to develop an emergency telephonic alert notification system. It would notify U.S. households and business in case…
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of national, regional or local emergency and provide information about appropriate protective measures. American Teleservices Assn. (ATA) Chmn. Thomas Rocca said “ground-breaking first steps were taken… in forging an arrangement by which the teleservices industry could be asked to assist in rapidly disseminating information to the public in cases of national emergency.” The ATA said the system, called the Responsive Emergency Alert & Dissemination of Information Call System (READICall System), would utilize existing telephone system resources in both govt. agencies and private sector companies.