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It is also mentioned by the [[Internet Society]] in its 2005 "Public Warning Network Challenge".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isoc.org/challenge/|title=The Internet Rises to the Challenge of Public Warning|work=isoc.org}}</ref>

In early 2005, the U.S.&nbsp;Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in partnership with the Association of Public Television Stations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apts.org|title=Association of Public Television Stations|work=apts.org}}</ref> demonstrated CAP-based "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 planned "Integrated Public Alert and Warning System", an all-hazard, all-media national warning architecture being developed by DHS, the [[National Weather Service]] within NOAA, and the [[Federal Communications Commission]].<ref>http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/</ref>