Federal governance partners are important to the success of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) program. They represent a large and unique segment of the emergency management community and the American public, and have key roles in the development, oversight, and regulation of emergency alerts and warnings.

Executive Branch Government Partners

• National Security Staff
  • Resilience Interagency Planning Committee (IPC)
• White House Military Office (WHMO)
  • White House Communications Agency (WHCA)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB)
• Department of Defense (DOD)
  • DOD Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)
• Department of Commerce
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
    • National Weather Service (NWS)
• Department of Justice
  • Office of Justice Programs
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • National Protection and Programs Directorate
    • Office of Cybersecurity and Telecommunications
    • Office of Infrastructure Protection
  • Office of Management
  • Office of Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and Children's Working Group
  • Office of Policy Development
  • Office of Public Affairs
  • Office of Science & Technology
    • Homeland Security Enterprise and First Responder Group
    • Acquisition Support and Operations Analysis Group
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • National Continuity Programs Directorate
  • National Preparedness Directorate
    • Emergency Management Institute
  • Office of External Affairs
  • Office of Disability Integration and coordination (ODIC)
  • Mission Support Bureau

Legislative Government Partners

The IPAWS Program Management Office (PMO) is engaged with the Congressional Committees that have legislative oversight of IPAWS. Quarterly reports are provided to these committees and IPAWS PMO leadership regularly engage with these committees to provide updates on IPAWS implementation. The IPAWS PMO has also conducted an interactive end-to-end IPAWS concept of operations demonstration for Members of Congress and their staff at the US Capitol Visitors Center.

US Congress:

• United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Homeland Security
• United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Homeland Security
• United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
• United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications

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