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FCC EAS Comments Including on Security Due May 9, Replies June 7

Comments on FCC-proposed emergency alert system changes including "securing the EAS against accidental misuse and malicious intrusion" are due May 9, replies June 7, in docket 15-94, the agency said in Thursday's Federal Register. Paperwork Reduction Act comments are due…

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May 23 on the NPRM, which also asks about "ensuring that alerting mechanisms are able to leverage advancements in technology, including IP-based technologies." Commissioners approved an NPRM on EAS at their Jan. 28 meeting. Commissioner Mike O'Rielly partially dissented because the item sought comment on Internet aspects of EAS (see 1601280057).