The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission provides a nice explanation of the Personal Localized Alert Network (PLAN), formerly known as Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), in an interview with Bloomberg.

Broadcasters have weighed in on the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN) announced Tuesday by FEMA and the FCC.  Despite the promising advancements in technology, they are officially unimpressed.

Yesterday's announcement that cell broadcast alerts will be available soon in New York City just touches the surface of a comprehensive plan.

The heads of FEMA, the FCC, and the City of New York have announced the launch of cell broadcast alerting in New York City. 

Many public safety agencies that are considering acquiring or expanding emergency notification capabilities wrestle with which deployment option is right for them.  Here's a rundown of the various ways to deploy these systems.

The head of the North Carolina Insurance Department says he's going to take the lead to get a statewide warning system in place in the state. 

FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) has made public a list of organizations that have signed up to test their technologies with IPAWS-OPEN, the tool FEMA has built to manage the flow of messages through the IPAWS system.

Later this year, PBS will begin testing a next-generation emergency alert system designed to deliver multimedia alerts (video, audio, text, and graphics) to mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and in-car navigation systems.

In an online webinar yesterday, Manny Centeno, Program Manager for the FEMA IPAWS Program Office, provided an overview of lessons learned from EAS tests conducted in Alaska.  These tests were conducted as precursors to a proposed national EAS test expected late this year.  A national EAS test has never been conducted.