{"abstract":"This document adopts revisions to Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) rules to improve utility of WEA as a life-saving tool. By this action, the Commission adopts rules that will improve the accuracy with which Participating CMS Providers transmit Alert Messages to the specified target area. This document also adopts rules to preserve Alert Messages on mobile devices, inform consumers about WEA capabilities at the point of sale, define participation in WEA, and extend the compliance deadline for Spanish language alerting. Through this action, the Commission hopes to empower state and local alert originators to utilize WEA during emergencies.","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/2018/02/28/2018-03990.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":10,"title":47}],"citation":"83 FR 8619","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective dates: The amendments to Sec. Sec. 10.10 and 10.210 are effective April 30, 2018. The amendments to Sec. Sec. 10.450 and 10.500 are effective November 30, 2019. The amendment to Sec. 10.240 contains new or modified information collection requirements and will not be effective until those information collection requirements are approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for the section.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["PS Docket Nos. 15-91, 15-94","FCC 18-4"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2018-03990","effective_on":"2018-04-30","end_page":8624,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2018/02/28/2018-03990.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/28/2018-03990/wireless-emergency-alerts-emergency-alert-system","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2018-03990?publication_date=2018-02-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2018-02-28/2018-03990/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":6,"page_views":{"count":928,"last_updated":"2026-10-22 20:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-02-28/pdf/2018-03990.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-03990.pdf?1519739126","publication_date":"2018-02-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2018/02/28/2018-03990.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2018-03-20T10:00:14Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":8619,"subtype":null,"title":"Wireless Emergency Alerts; Emergency Alert System","toc_doc":"Emergency Alert System","toc_subject":"Wireless Emergency Alerts:","topics":["Communications common carriers"],"type":"Rule","volume":83}