The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in partnership with the Federal Communications Commission and wireless carriers, conducted tests of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency ...

Will future Amber Alerts work the way they are supposed to in Minnesota? An issue with Verizon stopped smartphones across Minnesota from getting an emergency alert on Wednesday, when a newborn baby ...

Attorney General Dan Rayfield of Oregon has joined 22 other attorneys general in supporting two lawsuits opposing proposed federal funding cuts to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public ...

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) will conduct a statewide test of the AMBER Alert system on Thursday, April 3, at approximately 4 p.m. Officials say the test is necessary to ...

The Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management (YCOEM) in coordination with the National Weather Service Flagstaff Office will conduct a county-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and ...

There has been a lot of criticism over the last few years concerning the Emergency Alert System. I don’t pay much attention to comments on social media, most of which are misguided. But I have seen ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Communications Commission voted to add a new EAS code for missing people who don’t qualify for amber alerts. More than 188,000 people who fall outside of amber alert’s ...

The FCC has unanimously approved a new EAS code aimed at improving the safety of missing and endangered persons, particularly American Indians and Alaska Natives. This new code aims to cover many ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted at its August Open Meeting to establish a new alert code for delivering critical alert messages to the public over television, ...