CAP in FCC, PPW news releases

[Art Botterell <acb@incident.com>]

Friends -

Just fyi, two news releases from last week, both available on the CAP 
Working Group website:

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INDUSTRY LEADERS CONSIDER EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC WARNING 
SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS
(Federal Communications Commission - 5/28/3003)

"Leaders from the broadcast, cable and satellite industries today 
began consideration of best practices recommendations to ensure 
effective delivery of emergency information through public warning 
systems.

"The recommendations were presented to members of the Media Security 
and Reliability Council (MSRC) at its biannual meeting today at the 
FCC. The 41-member Federal Advisory Committee will complete voting on 
these recommendations by June 18, 2003...

"Communications Infrastructure Security, Access and Restoration best 
practices recommendations include:...

" - Government should coordinate the creation of a Media Common Alert 
Protocol to deliver emergency messages via digital networks..."

<http://www.incident.com/cap/docs/FCC_MSRC_Release_5-28-03.pdf>

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WARNING EXPERTS CREATE COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL
(Partnership for Public Warning - 5/23/2003)

"More consistent and better coordinated public warnings will save 
lives, protect property and reduce fear, according to the Partnership 
for Public Warning (PPW), a not-for-profit consortium of public 
warning experts from industry and government.

"One important step in that direction, these experts say, is the 
creation of a digital Common
Alerting Protocol (CAP)..."

<http://www.incident.com/cap/docs/PPW_CAP_Release_5-23-03.pdf>
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Great work, everyone!

- Art