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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.
>
>
>
>
>
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Rex Brooks
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