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National Emergency Alert System Goes Live

April 11, 2012/

After much anticipation, the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/index.shtm went live last weekend, a first-of-its-kind national alert system in the U.S. that allows the public to receive major emergency alert notifications on their mobile phones without having to sign up or pay for them.

Sarah Rich

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/National-Emergency-Alert-System-Goes-Live.html

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