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Subject: Re: [emergency] Public Warning in FCC Proposed Rule Making 04-296
Thanks for the heads up, Eliot, I will certainly add my voice to the affirmative chorus for adopting CAP for EAS alerts. Regards, Rex At 9:33 AM -0500 12/31/05, Eliot Christian wrote: >Please encourage people involved in public warning to comment on a >proposed rule-making by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission: > > Emergency Alert System (EAS) NPRM - Docket 04-296 > Comment on whether EAS can be improved to be a more effective >mechanism for warning the American public of an emergency > >This proposed rule-making states: "We also seek additional comment >on what actions the Commission, along with our Federal, State and >industry partners, should take to help expedite the development of a >robust, state-of-the-art, digitally-based public alert and warning >system." (see also >http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-262016A1.doc ) > >The deadline seems to be January 5. An upload facility for filing >comments is at http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/ecfs/Upload/ (linked from >http://www.fcc.gov ) > >Comments are solicited on the document available at >http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-191A1.doc > >This document contains, for example, the following statements: > > 67. Common protocols. The National Center for Missing & Exploited >Children (NCMEC) argues that emergency alerts should flow rapidly >and simultaneously through all available information conduits to >first responders and the public.[1] Should such a ubiquitous >distribution be a goal of a digitally-based alert system? Most >commenters agree that in order for a digitally-based alert and >warning system to be distributed simultaneously over multiple >platforms, a common messaging protocol must be adopted.[2] We seek >comment on this assertion. SWN Communications, Inc. contends that >the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), endorsed by the PPW and many >public and private organizations responsible for alerts, offers the >most practical means of quickly creating an effective interface >between the emergency manager and multiple emergency alert and >notification systems to significantly improve national alert and >warning capability.[3] Should CAP be adopted as the common >messaging protocol for a >ny future digitally-based alert system? Should we require the >adoption of CAP for EAS alerts? If CAP were to be adopted, would it >allow simultaneous distribution to radio, television, and wireless >media such as mobile telephones and PDAs? How would CAP be used to >ensure uniformity of alerts across such multiple platforms? For >example, if the White House were to issue a national message how >would CAP accommodate an audio message with a shorter, text-based >message appropriate for a PDA screen? > > >[1] National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Comments at 11. > >[2] LogicaCMG plc (LogicaCMG) Comments at 15; NAB/MSTV Comments at >15-16; National Association of State Chief Information Officers >(NASCIO) Comments at 3-4; RERC Comments at 9; SWN Communications, >Inc. (SWN) Comments at 2; Timm Comments at 7; Trilithic, Inc. >(Trilithic) Comments at 4; Cellular Emergency Alert Systems >Association (CEASA) Reply Comments at 3-4. > >[3] SWN Comments at 2. > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in OASIS >at: >https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php -- Rex Brooks President, CEO Starbourne Communications Design GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison Berkeley, CA 94702 Tel: 510-849-2309
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