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DC Asks FCC for Waiver Allowing Pre-Inauguration WEA Test

The Washington, D.C., Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency asked the FCC for a waiver to do a live wireless emergency alert system test Jan. 8, starting at 11 a.m., in preparation for the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration. The test…

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“involves the use of the WEA text message and city’s official e-mail list portion of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System” and covers an area including the Capitol and White House, said a filing posted Monday in docket 15-91.