IPAWS Not Ready to Support New Features in Wireless Emergency Alerts
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) won't be ready to support recent improvements to wireless emergency alerts by Monday, the FCC Public Safety Bureau said. In April, the commission reminded carriers (see this publication,…
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May 1) that revised rules for wireless emergency alerts, approved in 2016 (see 1609290060), were to take effect May 1. That notice said IPAWS expected to be ready to support the new features on June 10. IPAWS recently notified the FCC it won’t meet that deadline, the notice said. One of the features is the ability to conduct state or local tests. “Until such time as IPAWS will support and deploy the State/Local WEA Test option, alert originators may not conduct an end-to-end WEA test to the public without first obtaining a waiver of the Commission’s rules,” Friday's publican notice said: “The Bureau will issue a Public Notice announcing when IPAWS is available to fully support these WEA enhancements and providing further guidance on their use.”