“This page is a digitally archived AccessInfo Announcement”
Comments due: December 8, 2016
Reply Comments due: January 9, 2017
On September 29, 2016, the FCC released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to invite public comment on ways to improve Wireless Emergency Alerts, such as:
- How to achieve the inclusion of thumbnail-sized photos and symbols in Public Safety Messages;
- Whether to incorporate future technical advancements to improve WEA, such as multimedia and multilingual alert content, including American Sign Language (ASL); and
- How to improve consumer choices and education about WEA.
Comments may be filed by accessing the Electronic Comment Filing System at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings and inserting the following docket numbers: PS Docket No. 15-91 and PS Docket No. 15-94.
For more information, contact: James Wiley, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at James.Wiley@fcc.gov, or (202) 418-1678. For those using videophones and fluent in American Sign Language, you may call the ASL Consumer Support Line at (844) 432-2275.
Links:
For more information on Wireless Emergency Alerts, visit https://www.fcc.gov/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea
Federal Register publication: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-08/pdf/2016-26901.pdf
WEA Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
Word: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-127A1.docx
PDF: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-127A1.pdf