[EAS] ETRS Reporting

[John Willkie]

Hear! hear! Alan!

definition: system 1) a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole, in particular

I would say that by definition, all the parts in a system work together.  The opposite of disparate parts where competing "silos" which only work together, if at all, in the breach.

Does the non-deterministic, federal government-dominant approach work any more?

My take on the origins is perhaps a bit different: for a failed government to be able to proclaim itself in charge after a nuclear attack, even were it not.

John Willkie

From: "Ed Czarnecki" <ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com> wrote (in part)"

This raises a number of comments:

>> Why did they use yet another system for reporting? Quite honestly, they
could've used the IPAWS servers as a proxy and made the manufacturers write
into the firmware a "reporting" system.

Comment:  because reporting is the FCC's jurisdiction and not DHS/FEMAs.
The FCC can't "make" FEMA do anything with their servers.  Nor, frankly,
could they make manufacturers implement additional code/software of this
type without a formal rulemaking.  By the way, remember that it was by and
large the broadcast community that raised concerns of privacy and
information gathering when CAP was first proposed.  As a result, IPAWS
developed a more "passive" architecture that does little information
gathering.  A related consideration is the Federal rules governing
collection and storage of information (particularly private sector
information), something FEMA was not organized to manage at the time. 
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