United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2024_register executive 2024-05-11 article Part IV Proposed Rules D09002ee1c6d16810 D09002ee1c6d16934 United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on specific mechanisms to implement multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), as directed by the Federal Communications Commission. The Bureau proposes to require commercial mobile service providers participating in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) to support a set of pre-translated WEA messages in English, the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL), that would be pre-installed and stored on mobile devices. These messages--called templates--would be displayed at the option of the alert originator. The Bureau also seeks comment on support for form-fillable templates that would include information specific to the particular emergency. Finally, the Bureau seeks comment on whether Participating CMS Providers' device offerings should support templates in additional languages. 89 FR 41558 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-05-13/2024-07401 2024-07401 fr13my24-25 6712-01-P PS Docket No. 15-91 PS Docket No. 15-94 DA 24-137 FR ID 210081 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-05-13/2024-07401 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-13/html/2024-07401.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-13/pdf/2024-07401.pdf Communications Equipment Emergency Preparedness Language Accessibility 89 p. 41558 41646 89 FR 41558 Title 47 Part 10 47 CFR Part 10 Wireless Emergency Alerts; Regarding the Emergency Alert System; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue PRORULE 2024-07401 IV FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2024-06-12 PS Docket No. 15-91 PS Docket No. 15-94 DA 24-137 FR ID 210081 6712-01-P 2024-07401 Proposed rule.

In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on specific mechanisms to implement multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), as directed by the Federal Communications Commission. The Bureau proposes to require commercial mobile service providers participating in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) to support a set of pre-translated WEA messages in English, the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL), that would be pre-installed and stored on mobile devices. These messages--called templates--would be displayed at the option of the alert originator. The Bureau also seeks comment on support for form-fillable templates that would include information specific to the particular emergency. Finally, the Bureau seeks comment on whether Participating CMS Providers' device offerings should support templates in additional languages.

Comments are due on or before June 12, 2024 and reply comments are due on or before July 12, 2024. For further information regarding this document, please contact Joshua Gehret, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-7816, or by email to joshua.gehret@fcc.gov. Communications Equipment Emergency Preparedness Language Accessibility Wireless Emergency Alerts: Emergency Alert System, fcc504@fcc.gov joshua.gehret@fcc.gov https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/ https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-137A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-401561A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402212A1.pdf https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-closes-headquarters-open-window-and-changes-hand-delivery-policy https://www.fcc.gov/multilingual-wireless-emergency-alerts https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/Proposed-English-Form-Fillable-Alert-Templates.pdf https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/Proposed-English-Static-Alert-Templates.pdf https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/Proposed-WEA-Template-Translations.pdf https://www.fcc.gov/wireless-emergency-alert-templates-american-sign-language-asl Vol. 89, no. 93 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2024-05-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 602 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-05-13 P0b002ee1c6d0100c 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13my24 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-05-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-13/pdf/FR-2024-05-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-13/xml/FR-2024-05-13.xml fdlp 41287 41880 DGPO 2024-05-11 2024-05-11 FR-2024-05-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2024-05-13 89 93