FEMA Delays WEA Deadline, FCC Told
The Federal Emergency Management Agency told the FCC the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System wasn’t ready to support wireless emergency alerts by a Friday deadline, the Public Safety Bureau said. A 2016 FCC order had required carriers be able…
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to transmit longer and Spanish-language alerts, new public safety messages, and other enhancements by May 1. “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,” the FCC said Friday in docket 15-91: “The waiver granted to carriers to support these WEA enhancements is extended until the Bureau issues this forthcoming announcement.” Last month, the bureau extended the deadline to Friday.