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DESCRIPTION:Date/Time: August 27\, 2015\, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT\n\nLocatio
 n: Commission Meeting Room at FCC Headquarters\, located at 445 12th Stre
 et\, SW\, Room TW-C305\, Washington\, DC 20554\n\nDescription: The Public
  Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Aff
 airs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host a wor
 kshop to promote the wider use and increased accessibility of the Emergenc
 y Alert System (EAS) on Thursday\, August 27\, 2015\, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:
 30 p.m. The workshop will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC He
 adquarters\, located at 445 12th Street\, SW\, Room TW-C305\, Washington\,
  DC 20554.\n\nAs part of the FCC’s continuing commitment to ensure that 
 emergency alert and warning systems are effective and available to all Ame
 ricans\, the workshop will explore two key issues: (1) how to improve the 
 usefulness of the EAS for emergency managers at the state and local levels
  (e.g.\, Emergency Operation Centers\, Public Safety Answering Points\, Po
 lice\, Fire and Emergency Medical Services)\, and (2) how to improve the a
 ccessibility of alerts to people with disabilities. In particular\, the wo
 rkshop will discuss methods to empower and encourage state and local emerg
 ency managers to utilize the EAS and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system
 s more widely for localized alerts and exercises. The workshop will also a
 ddress the accessibility of EAS visual messages\, including the technical 
 feasibility of improving the synchronicity of EAS audio with the EAS visua
 l crawl and the readiness of Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology for increased
  usage in national and local alerting. Additional details regarding the wo
 rkshop\, including the workshop agenda\, will be released in a forthcoming
  Public Notice.\n\nRegistration: The workshop will be open to the public\
 , but admittance will be limited to seating availability. The workshop wil
 l be streamed live with open captioning over the Internet from the FCC’s
  web page at www.fcc.gov/live. Those watching the live video stream of th
 e event may email event-related questions to livequestions@fcc.gov.\n\nAd
 ditional Information: Sign language interpreters\, open captioning and as
 sistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable accom
 modations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Last mi
 nute requests will be accepted\, but may be impossible to fulfill. To make
  a request for reasonable accommodations or to request this press release 
 or any other materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities\
 , contact fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer &amp\; Governmental Affair
 s Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice)\, 202-418-0432 (tty).\n\nFor more inform
 ation about the meeting\, please contact John A. Evanoff\, Attorney-Adviso
 r\, Policy and Licensing Division\, PSHSB at (202) 418-0848 or via e-mail 
 at john.evanoff@fcc.gov.\n
SUMMARY:FCC Workshop to Promote Wider Use of the Emergency Alert System
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