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Subject: [earlywarning] FCC &
FEMA Announce June 10th Workshop on Public Emergency Alerts and Warnings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT
May 20, 2010
Robert
Kenny: (202) 418-2668
Email:
robert.kenny@fcc.gov
FCC AND FEMA ANNOUNCE WORKSHOP ON
21st CENTURY EMERGENCY ALERTING: LEVERAGING MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGIES TO
BRING ALERTS
AND WARNINGS TO THE PUBLIC
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications
Commission’s (FCC’s) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
(PSHSB) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s)
National Continuity Programs (NCP) today announced they will hold a workshop on
21st Century Emergency Alerting: Leveraging Multiple Technologies to Bring
Alerts and Warnings to the Public. The workshop will be held on Thursday, June
10, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305).
The workshop will highlight the status of and relevant details
related to the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, including the Next
Generation Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Commercial Mobile Alert System.
This public meeting will also provide FEMA, the FCC and other Federal partners
an opportunity to gather feedback on outstanding issues related to these
systems, the upcoming National EAS test, and the FCC’s upcoming inquiry
proceeding on next generation alerting. (See detailed agenda below.)
The workshop will be open to the public; however, registration
will be limited to the seating available. Those individuals who are interested
in attending the forum may pre-register on-line at http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/event-registration.html.
Those who pre-register will be asked to provide their name, title, organization
affiliation, and contact information. Individuals may also contact Deandrea
Wilson at Deandrea.Wilson@fcc.gov or
202-418-0703 regarding pre-registration. The deadline for pre-registration is
Tuesday, June 8, 2010.
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning
over the Internet from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live <http://www.fcc.gov/live> . The
FCC’s web cast is free to the public and does not require
pre-registration. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are
available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you
will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact
information should FCC staff need to contact them for more information.
Requests should be made as early as possible. Please send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau: 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
For additional information about the meeting, please contact Susan McLean by
email: Susan.McLean@fcc.gov or by phone:
202-418-7868.
WORKSHOP ON 21st CENTURY EMERGENCY
ALERTING: LEVERAGING MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGIES TO BRING ALERTS AND WARNINGS
TO THE PUBLIC
-AGENDA-
9:00 am—Welcome
- James Arden Barnett, Jr.,
Rear Admiral (Ret.), Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau
(PSHSB), FCC
- Damon Penn,
Assistant Administrator for NCP, FEMA,
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
9:15 am—Panel One: The
Path to Next Generation Alerting
This panel will focus on the current state of public alerts and
warnings, discussing the EAS and Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) and
integration into the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).
Specific areas of discussion will include the National EAS Test and its
relevance both to the legacy EAS and to next-generation systems, the CMAS, and
the parallel efforts of FEMA and commercial wireless carriers, as well as the
development of IPAWS from a Federal, state, territorial, tribal and local
perspective. Discussion will include the changes the FCC should consider
in light of adoption of the Common Alert Protocol (CAP), including how to
ensure that all members of the public can receive and understand emergency
alerts. The panel will discuss the roles of the FCC, FEMA and the National
Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including the role of
NOAA’s weather alert system in IPAWS.
Moderator: Antwane V. Johnson,
Division Director/PM, DHS/FEMA, IPAWS
Panelists:
·
Henry D Black, Manager, Communications Branch, Maryland Emergency
Management Agency
1 Gregory
Cooke, Associate Chief, Policy Division, PSHSB, FCC
2 Brian Josef, Director,
Regulatory Affairs at CTIA - The Wireless Association®
3 Mark S. Paese, Director,
Office of Operational Systems, NOAA, National Weather Service
4 Kelly
T. Williams, Senior Director, Engineering and Technology Policy,
National Association of Broadcasters
5 Wade Witmer, Deputy Division
Director, DHS,/FEMA, IPAWS
Invited:
National Cable and Telecommunications Association
10:45 am—Break
11:00 am-12:30 pm—Panel
Two: The Promise of Next Generation Emergency Alerting Fulfilled:
How Leveraging Broadband Technologies Can Create a Truly Effective Public
Alert and Warning System
This panel will focus on how broadband technologies can be used
by the IPAWS to redefine alert distribution technologies like EAS and CMAS, and
how using the full potential of CAP will help in developing a broadband-based,
multi-platform alerting system. The panel will also examine the role of
the Internet in distributing emergency alerts, via email, websites and social
networking and ways to ensure that all members of the public can receive alerts
and warnings over this broadband-based system.
Moderator: Jeffery Goldthorp,
Chief, Communications Systems Analysis Division, PSHSB, FCC
Panelists:
- Art Botterell,
Public Warning Consultant, Practitioner & Standards Architect
- Brian K. Daly,
Director, Core & Government/Regulatory Standards, AT&T Mobility
Services
- Darryl Ernst,
Owner & Chief Technologist, ErnsTek LLC
- Denis A. Gusty,
PMP, Deputy Branch Chief, Office for Interoperability &
Compatibility (OIC); DHS, Science and Technology Directorate
- Mike Nawrocki,
Executive Director - Wireline Standards, Verizon Network and Technology
- Claude Stout,
Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing, Inc.(TDI)
- Fran Trentley,
Senior Director, Akamai Technologies
12:30 pm—Questions
12:45 pm—Closing Remarks