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Public Safety Bureau Waives ETRS Requirement for 2020

The FCC Public Safety Bureau waived its annual requirement that emergency alert system participants file identifying information in the emergency test reporting system, after the Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled the 2020 nationwide EAS test (see 2006240067), said a public…

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notice Wednesday. “In consideration of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) national emergency and FEMA’s decision not to conduct a nationwide test of the EAS in 2020,” there's good cause to waive the requirement, the PN said.