WASHINGTON – The federal government will be contacting you on Wednesday, Oct. 4 if you own a cell phone. But don’t be alarmed. FEMA and the Federal Communications Commission will be testing a pair of ...

Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an ...

The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If and when you get a text message on Wednesday afternoon, don't be alarmed, it's just the federal government testing out its Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency ...

In times of an emergency, your number one priority is to communicate. But no one type of technology can reach everyone in a campus community. This new download, “Are Your Emergency Messages Reaching ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Residents of the Ocean Reef area of Key Largo received a chilling message from the county on Tuesday. “From Monroe County Emergency Management: Turkey Point NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SITE ...

Let’s say that a major bridge in your city has collapsed at the height of rush hour, claiming an unknown number of victims. You’d like to communicate with your staff, both to ascertain their ...

A mistake by a state emergency operations center worker inadvertently sent emergency alert test messages to cellphones across Alaska on Wednesday afternoon. Mark ...

Implement layered notification technologies where each system’s strengths compensate for others’ limitations. This redundancy ensures message delivery when individual systems fail or experience ...

Being prepared is something most of us have heard throughout our lives. Every region of the United States has the threat of a natural or man-made hazard; therefore, the concept of preparedness should ...

Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency ...