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To: FJB who wrote (409186)2/7/2011 2:51:09 PM
From: Alan Smithee4 Recommendations  Respond to of 793846
 
The FCC is planning an upgrade to the tests by including presidential announcements in the system.

Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC, explained to the Federal Drive the Presidential Alert isn't new.

"The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with the American public during times of national emergency," said Fowlkes. The change, she said, is that prior to last week's order there was no rule in place to call for or allow a test from top to bottom.

Please stand by for a message from our Exalted Leader, His Most Highest of the High, Better than the Rest, Barack Hussein Obama."

. . .

Thank you. We now return you [30 minutes later] to your regularly scheduled programming.



To: FJB who wrote (409186)2/7/2011 4:50:23 PM
From: SteveinTX  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793846
 
"The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with the American public during times of national emergency," said Fowlkes.

No problemo as long they give me an opt-out mechanism like you get for those pesky phone marketeers.


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