[EAS] $55K fine for misuse of EAS tones

[Ed Czarnecki]

>>The last EAS NPRM tried to require someone to sign a certification for EAS 
>>security. Industry groups universally opposed it.

That's a bit of apples and oranges.  EAS operations are an area already regulated by the FCC, with arguably clear boundaries and expectations.  Security was a much more amorphous topic which was variously argued to be outside of the FCCs existing regulatory scope ( as some argued ), inadequately defined to allow anybody to reasonably self-certify, or outside the normal boundaries of some EAS participant expertise which would incurred a cost burden not adequately calculated by the Commission.

Adrienne's suggestion relating to EAS is much more modest by comparison ( at least on the face of it) - but we all have seen how these things can experience mission creep as time goes on.

Edward Czarnecki, Ph.D.
Senior Director - Strategic and Government Affairs
Monroe Electronics Inc. / Digital Alert Systems

ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com
585-765-2254 | fax 585-765-9330
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-------- Original Message --------
From: Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com>

On Wed, 31 May 2017, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> It's not like only one person was responsible for this violation. Someone

Diffusion of responsibility.  When everyone is responsible, no one is 
responsible.