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During early 2005 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in partnership with the Association of Public Television Stations, demonstrated "digital EAS" broadcasts over public television digital TV transmitters and satellite links in the Washington, D.C. area and nationwide.

CAP is the foundation technology for the proposed "Integrated Public Alert and Warning System," an all-hazard, all-media national warning architecture being developed by DHS, the National Weather Service and the Federal Communications Commission. CAP is also being used as an integrating technology for an enhanced [[Tsunami warning system]] as cited in the [[Internet Society]]'s 2005 [[http://www.isoc.org/challenge/ "Public Warning Network Challenge"]].

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