On August 10, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published the changes made to its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to facilitate “Live Code Tests” of the EAS; permit use of the EAS Attention Signal and EAS Header Code tones in Public Service Announcements; implement certain alert authentication and validation procedures; and require reporting of false alerts.
The changes will be effective starting September 10, 2018, except for 47 CFR 11.33 and 11.56 amendments, which are effective August 12th, 2019, and amendments 47 CFR 11.45(b) and 11.61, which contain modifications to information collection requirements that were previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Once OMB has approved the modifications to these collections, the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date.