[EAS] We're Obsolete!

[Sean Donelan]

For Congressional budget purposes, FEMA refers to IPAWS-OPEN since that's 
the thing in FEMA's budget.

I suspect its one of those corporate communication branding things.  Lots 
of companies (i.e. Xerox, Kleenex) have strange corporate branding rules.

On Fri, 9 Jun 2023, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> Has anyone reviewed FEMA's new Glossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations and
> Terms, aka the FAAT List? According to page 125 EAS is obsolete: "Obsolete:
> Emergency Alert System Replaced by: Digital Emergency Alert System (DEAS)".
> Not only is EAS obsolete, DEAS, page 104, is also obsolete, "Obsolete:
> Digital Emergency Alert System Replaced by: IPAWS Open Platform for
> Emergency Networks (OPEN)". And IPAWS, page 215 displays as "Integrated
> Public Alert and Warning System".
>
> Guess I have some extra editing to do on the 2023 EAS/Integrated Public
> Alert and Warning System Plan.
>
> Adrienne Abbott, W6BCY
>
> Nevada Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Chair
>
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