FCC Wants Better Feedback About WEARosenworcel announces a survey of government partners about the Aug. 11 national test
By RW Staff
Published: July 20, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission wants to get a better sense of how effective the delivery of Wireless Emergency Alerts are.
So it has announced a new program of partnerships with 11 other government agencies. For the first time, it will survey these federal, state and local government partners about the delivery of WEA during the upcoming nationwide test on Aug. 11. ...
FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct the nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts at 2:20 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Aug. 11.
For the WEA portion, a test message will be directed only to consumer cellphones where the subscriber has opted in to receive test messages. ...
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