Senate Passes READI Act on EAS Issues ID'd in Hawaii False Alert
The Senate passed the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement (READI) Act Monday under unanimous consent. Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., filed S-3238 in July in a bid to further…
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address emergency alert system issues highlighted by a January false alarm in Hawaii (see 1801160054). S-3238 would require the FCC set best practices for delivering emergency alerts in a bid to streamline the alerting process. It would update the process for creating and approving state plans and examine the feasibility of expanding EAS to also distribute warnings to online streaming services (see 1807180053). The false missile alert “highlighted real ways we can improve the way people receive emergency alerts,” Schatz said. “Our bill fixes some of these issues and will help make sure that in an emergency, the public gets the right information they need as quickly as possible.” NAB praised passage.