[Md-sligo] FW: Announcement: Review of the Emergency Alert System

[Reyazuddin, Yasmin]

I will suggest that for those of us who have Iphones and also email
addresses, to sign up for the emergency alert services. PG county and
Montgomery county have these system on the website. It will give us a
chance to test it out before writing up our comments for FCC. 
The information provided through this system is helpful and informative.
For me, it is not readily available. It is more for pagers and cell
phones with smart aps. 
 
 
Yasmin Reyazuddin 
Aging & Disability Services 
Montgomery County Government 
Department of Health & Human Services 
401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) 
Rockville MD 20850 
240-777-0311 (MC311) 
240-777-1556 (personal) 
240-777-1495 (fax) 
office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm 
Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille 
 

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I have not looked at these documents yet, but they may be of interest to
us.

 

Debbie

 

 

From: MCPL DRCINFO [mailto:drcinfo at montgomerycountymd.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 7:07 PM
To: Brown, Debbie
Subject: FW: Announcement: Review of the Emergency Alert System

 

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From: Laura Quinn [mailto:lquinn at GOV.STATE.MD.US]
Sent: Tue 5/31/2011 4:05 PM
To: Laura Quinn
Subject: Announcement: Review of the Emergency Alert System

FCC Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Review of the Emergency Alert System

 

REVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.  The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to
get the public's input on proposed changes to rules governing the
Emergency Alert System (EAS), to provide for alert messages using the
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).  CAP permits emergency alerts to be sent
to users in voice; audio, or data files; images; and multilingual
translations; and allows links to be sent that provide further
information.  The FCC's Notice asks for comments on certain disability
access issues in paragraphs 189-195.  This item has possible impacts for
people with disabilities, especially for persons with vision and hearing
disabilities.  

Links to the actual document are here:  

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0526/FCC-
11-82A1.doc

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0526/FCC-
11-82A1.pdf

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0526/FCC-
11-82A1.txt

 

Pursuant to statutory authorization, the Office of the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing (ODHH) serves as an information clearinghouse on the needs and
issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing individuals and provides this
information as a service to the community. ODHH does not endorse the
goods or services of the sponsoring organization. The views or opinions
expressed in this announcement are not necessarily those of ODHH. 

Governor's Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.odhh.maryland.gov <http://www.odhh.maryland.gov/> 

 

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