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<span style="">Hello Everyone,</span><br>
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<span style=""><font face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, system-ui, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Web, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:14px"><i>A Message from John W. Barnwell, Office of Safety and
Security, Office of Science Headquarters, DOE:</i></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Please be aware that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct nationwide tests of the Emergency Alert
System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The tests are scheduled for Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET, with a back-up test date of October 11, 2023. The alert will activate on all consumer cell phones as well as all radio
and television broadcasters and providers. The alarm will begin to sound on each device at 2:20 p.m. ET and will last for approximately one minute. The message attached to the alert shall read “This is a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.
No action is needed.”</p>
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<p class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">FEMA says, “the purpose of the test is to ensure that the systems continue to be effective means of warning the public about emergencies, particularly those on the national level.”</p>
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<p class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">For more information, please visit:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fema.gov_press-2Drelease_20230803_fema-2Dand-2Dfcc-2Dplan-2Dnationwide-2Demergency-2Dalert-2Dtest-2Doct-2D4-2D2023&d=DwMFAg&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=h-FQ-3JgSi4EazXACzQHPXLmBb-CDL17JDzpzRtVhNc&m=xDWySFs3hQ4Z4W0DyxzKi8Woi5lWlTtTnUrdJhgB0wHV1J8RpolTwZ4FWcASRTQD&s=KAnBX5Of1gPaM0cG2tnT45wTRgSZyOHbtJRZV5hQdSo&e=" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3a__www.fema.gov_press-2drelease_20230803_fema-2dand-2dfcc-2dplan-2dnationwide-2demergency-2dalert-2dtest-2doct-2d4-2d2023&d=dwmfag&c=cjqezb1piloyyvzjb8yuqw&r=h-fq-3jgsi4eazxaczqhpxlmbb-cdl17jdzpzrtvhnc&m=xdwysfs3hq4z4w0dyxzki8woi5lwltttnurdjhgb0whv1j8rpoltwz4fwcasrtqd&s=kanbx5of1gpam0cg2tnt45wtrgszyohbtjrzv5hqdso&e=" id="OWA17f742e4-b046-d086-c555-f2dcda3be855" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0">
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230803/fema-and-fcc-plan-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-oct-4-2023</a></p>
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Best regards,</p>
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Christine</p>
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