In the run-up to its August open meeting, the FCC has released details of its previously-announced plans to embark on an effort to re-examine national alert and warning systems from the ground up, as well as explore whether fundamental changes to these systems could make them more effective, efficient and better able to serve the public’s needs. At the August meeting, the FCC will vote on whether to proceed with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will begin that effort by seeking public comment on a wide variety of topics that could ultimately produce fundamental changes in the workings of current alerting systems. Notably, the proposed NPRM does not mention the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which the Trump administration is in the process of defunding. In the past the CPB has played a major role in channeling funding to public stations to implement and upgrade their alerting systems. The proposed… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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