Working Group 3: Emergency Alert Systems

Status UpdateDecember 3, 2015

Kelly Williams, Co-Chair National Association of BroadcastersSteve Johnson, Co-Chair National Cable & Telecommunications Association

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WG3 Objectives Working Group Description: • WG3 will make recommendations to the Commission for the

continued improvement and development of the EAS as a secure, effective alerting tool for the American public: – Improving EAS Security– Provisioning EAS in languages other than English– Developing updated operational handbooks for broadcasters, cable

service providers and other EAS Participants.

Deliverables: • Recommendations to the Commission on the 3 issues listed

above

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WG3 Deliverables

• Recommendation to the Commission on EAS Security – March 2016 (projected).

• Recommendation to the Commission on Multilingual EAS – June 2016.

• Recommendation to the Commission on draft EAS Handbooks – June 2016.

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WG3 Members (update)Adrienne Abbott-Gutierrez Nevada EAS Chair (SECC)Mark Annas Riverside (CA) Fire DeptJohn Archer SiriusXMJohn E. (Jeb) Benedict CenturyLinkBenjamin Brinitzer Iheart Media/ SBERobert Bunge NOAAKay Chiodo Deaf Link IncGreg Cooke FCC FCC LiaisonEdward Czarnecki Monroe ElectronicsJim du Bois Minnesota Broadcasters Multilingual chairClay Freinwald Washington State Univ, WA SECCDaniel (Dan) Geist     Cox Communications Inc.

Suzanne Goucher Maine Assoc of BroadcastersNeil Graves SNR SystemsRic Guerrero AT&T Services Inc.

Ryan Hedgpeth DHSCraig Hodan NOAA NWSSteven Johnson Johnson Telecom WG3 co-chairAl Kenyon Department of Homeland Security - FEMA

Wayne Luplow LGE/Zenith Electronics

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WG3 Members (cont’d)Lillian McDonald

Twin Cities Public Television & Emergency, Community, Health and Outreach (ECHO)

Brian MurrayHouston Area Urban Security Initiative’s Emergency Public Information Work Group

Michael Nawrocki VerizonBrian Oliger Hubbard RadioJerry Parkins ComcastHarold Price Sage Alerting Systems, IncRichard Rudman Broadcast Warning Working GroupLarry Rybar Verizon

Francisco SanchezHarris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management

Tim Schott NOAA NWS Deisemination ServicesBill Schully DirecTVAndy Scott NCTAGary Smith Cherry Creek Radio Security subgroup chairMatthew Straeb GSS NetGary Timm Wisconsin EAS Handbook subgroup chairLarry Walke NABHerb White NOAA NWSKelly Williams NAB WG3 co-chair

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Background• Security – • Access Industry Awareness of Security Best Practices• Instances of hacking documented• Create recommendations to implement practices adopted

by CSRIC IV • Multilingual EAS – • Access State of Multilingual Alerting• Recommend best practices for the delivery of multilingual

emergency communications• EAS Handbooks – • Update to reflect rule & procedure changes• Effective tool for EAS participants

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• Created 3 subgroups– Security–Multilingual EAS–Handbook update

• Work continues on these 3 deliverables• Added additional members –Due to project workload– Subject Matter Experts

WG3 Status

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• Weekly conference calls with members–Establish project subcommittees with conference call

schedule• March 2016: Submission of Security

Recommendation• June 2016: Submission of Multilingual

Recommendation• June 2016: Submission of Handbook

Recommendations

WG3 Schedule

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Next Steps

• Continue work to accomplish the CSRIC V charge, based on WG3 members’ subject matter expertise• Continue weekly subgroup conference calls • Continue working group calls every three weeks• Provide periodic status updates to Steering

Committee and Council