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		<title>Reworking EAS: 26 Questions</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[September 2025] The publication of the FCC’s proposed NPRM opens the comment period for ways to improve the EAS. Of course, ideas range from turning it into a software app to killing it off completely. Yet, no matter where you start, there are issues, some having been shown to create problems over the years, as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inside The FCC NPRM TO Modernize EAS</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[August 2025] Everyone has to deal with the EAS requirements from the FCC. After almost 30 years, including 13 years since promising a Part 11 rewrite, the Commission appears ready to do something. Ed Czarnecki summarizes the FCC’s plans for the NPRM. The Federal Communications Commission has launched a rulemaking to modernize the nation&#8217;s alert [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FCC Seeks EAS Overhaul to Meet Modern Public Safety Needs</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[July 2025] The FCC has announced they will be voting on an NPRM for the Emergency Alert System in early August. The recent debate on Software EAS has now blossomed to a discussion of the many ways in which it can be improved and augmented. Ed Czarnecki has read the entire NPRM, and offers some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Doing IT Right &#8211; Understanding Security for EAS Gear</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[August 2022] This White Paper was first put up by Digital Alert Systems in 2014. It is still a good resource today – an excellent checklist – for recommendations of best practices for users. Because the Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment is required to be connected to the Internet, broadcasters have been introduced to all [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IPAWS Triggered Polling and BLU Alerts Explained</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[December 2018] The FCC’s December meeting resulted in two new additions to the EAS framework. Ed Czarnecki explains what this means for stations. The FCC approved its Blue Alert proposal for EAS on December 14th – adding a new BLU alert event code, and clarifying that “triggered CAP polling” is permissible for EAS devices. BLU [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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