The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC on Friday released its official report on the Sept. 28, 2016 Nationwide EAS Test. Was it a success? Over 20,000 broadcasters, cable operators, ...

The nationwide EAS test in September was a success, though it revealed “shortfalls” in some state-level EAS plans and other areas that could be improved. These are among the findings of FCC public ...

For the past two years, officials in cooperation with the FCC and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have worked to make a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) a ...

Ed Czarnecki is senior director, Strategy & Global Government Affairs, for Monroe Electronics. The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has announced that the ...

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. EDT, the Federal Emergency Management Agency carried out a national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). It was the first nationwide EAS test since the ...

WASHINGTON—Regulators have set the date of the second nationwide test of the digital Emergency Alert System. The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau along ...