In efforts to strengthen emergency communications, the FCC released a Noticed of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) In the Matter of Improving Wireless Emergency Alerts and Community Initiated Alerting [PS Docket No. 15-91]. Some of the main issues on which the NPRM is seeking stakeholder input include:
Additionally, the FCC would like to know if and how these, and other proposed changes would improve the accessibility of WEA messages to people with disabilities. Once the NPRM is published in the Federal Register, stakeholders (e.g. the public, mobile phone manufactures and service providers, organizations representing the interests of people with disabilities, academics, emergency managers, etc.) will have 30 days to submit comments and 60 days to submit reply comments.
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