The House Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee cleared...
The House Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee cleared the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Modernization Act, HR-3283, on Thursday during a markup of three bills (http://1.usa.gov/1jaud9x). The bill “seeks to ensure that the system works reliably, effectively and…
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efficiently to ensure the appropriate use of taxpayer funds,” said subcommittee Chairman Susan Brooks, R-Ind., in her opening statement. “It provides the IPAWS program with needed direction.” CTIA “appreciate[s] the Subcommittee’s effort to modernize IPAWS while respecting and protecting the work that wireless carriers have put in to deliver Wireless Emergency Alerts,” said CTIA Vice President-Government Affairs Jot Carpenter. “Since WEA debuted two years ago, the system has been used more than 9000 times to protect the public. We are pleased that the Subcommittee recognizes the value of the WEA program and applied the old maxim ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ in crafting the legislation it approved today.”