WASHINGTON, May 8 — Federal Communications Commission has issued a rule called: Review of the Emergency Alert System.

The rule, published in the Federal Register on May 7 by Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, states: “In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules so that EAS Participants may, but are not required to, employ the text-to-speech (TTS) functions described in the EAS-CAP Industry Group (ECIG) Implementation Guide.”

For more information, contact Lisa Fowlkes, Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at 202/418-7452, or by email at Lisa.Fowlkes@fcc.gov.

The full text of the notice can be found at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-07/html/2012-10622.htm.

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