{"abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts revisions to Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) rules to take advantage of the significant technological changes and improvements experienced by the mobile wireless industry since the passage of the Warning, Alert and Response Network (WARN) Act, and deployment of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to improve utility of WEA as a life-saving tool. By this action, the Commission adopts rules that will improve Alert Message content in order to help communities communicate clearly and effectively about imminent threats and local crises. It also adopts rules to meet alert originators' needs for the delivery of the Alert Messages they transmit and creates a framework that will allow emergency managers to test, exercise, and raise public awareness about WEA. Through this action, the Commission hopes to empower state and local alert originators to participate more fully in WEA, and to enhance the utility of WEA as an alerting tool.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/11/01/2016-26120.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":10,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":11,"title":47}],"citation":"81 FR 75710","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Amendments and revisions to Sec. Sec. 10.280, 10.400, 10.410, 10.430, 10.510, and the addition of Sec. 10.350(c) are effective May 1, 2019. The addition of Sec. 10.480 is effective November 1, 2018. The addition of Sec. 10.441 is effective November 1, 2017. Amendments to Sec. 10.450 are effective January 3, 2017. Removal of Sec. 10.440, and amendments to Sec. 10.350 (section heading and introductory text), Sec. 10.350(b), Sec. 10.520(d), and Sec. 11.45 are effective December 1, 2016. Section 10.320(g) contains information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing an effective date.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["PS Docket No. 15-91","PS Docket No. 15-94","FCC 16-127"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-26120","effective_on":"2019-05-01","end_page":75727,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/11/01/2016-26120.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/01/2016-26120/wireless-emergency-alerts-amendments-to-rules-regarding-the-emergency-alert-system","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-26120?publication_date=2016-11-01","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-11-01/2016-26120/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":18,"page_views":{"count":1044,"last_updated":"2026-10-22 22:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-01/pdf/2016-26120.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-26120.pdf?1477917925","publication_date":"2016-11-01","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/11/01/2016-26120.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2016-11-21T06:00:18Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":75710,"subtype":null,"title":"Wireless Emergency Alerts; Amendments to Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System","toc_doc":"Wireless Emergency Alerts","toc_subject":"Emergency Alert System:","topics":["Communications common carriers","Radio","Television"],"type":"Rule","volume":81}