[EAS] Blue Alert reply comments due Tuesday, August 29

[Sean Donelan]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2017, Ed Czarnecki wrote:
> The law specifies that this DOJ advisory group was to have included
> "broadcasters."  Not sure if such a group has been set up yet, or if they
> invited any broadcasters.  I haven't heard anything about it.  But, for
> argument's sake, should not such a DOJ advisory panel have been convened
> either prior to or parallel with this FCC NPRM?

The members of the Blue Alert advisory group are

Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO)
Blue Alert Foundation, Inc.
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF)
Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO)
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)

The first advisory group meeting was November, 2016.