WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

An aerial view taken with a drone shows a burnt forest on the Saalfelder Höhe in Thuringia. A disaster alert was issued due to the forest fire in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district. The extinguishing ...

In August, the commission will vote on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will re-examine alerting systems ‘from the ground up and explore … fundamental changes to these systems’ When you purchase ...

The Federal Communications Commission is planning a review of the US emergency alert systems. Both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WAS) will be subject to a ...

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has announced a sweeping review of the Emergency Alert System as part of his “Build America Agenda,” signaling potentially the most significant changes to US emergency ...

The Consumer Technology Association told the Federal Communications Commission last week that it believes the current Emergency Alert System is highly effective and, if expanded, could create more ...