now it like to turn it over to damon penn. >> mr. chairman, commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. it's a great day to announce the national test of the partnership that has been affirmed in a couple with mark and his efforts really produced a vital service to the american people. angst while those gathered for recognizing the importance of alerts and warnings and for your continued support of integrated public alert and warning system also known as ipods. as many of you know, our program really has tried over the past two years and again that has been really due to our partnership with the sec and the relationships we build with the industry. we've established, mueller protocols is a standard now to outreach programs and relationships and made a turnaround for program at all. how it helps us reach more than the american population of emergency occurs, what to first ensure you eas to make a critical element in alerting the public. we completed two preliminary tests as jamie mentioned in alaska and found the fu

now it like to turn it over to damon penn. >> mr.hairman, commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. it's a great day to announce the national test of the partnership that has been affirmed in a couple with mark and his efforts really produced a vital service to the american people. angst while those gathered for recognizing the importance of alerts and warnings and foryour continued support of integrated public alert and warning system also known as ipods. as many of you know, ou program really has tried over the past two years and again that has been really due to our partnership with the sec and the relationships we build with the industry. we've established, mueller protocols is a standard now to outreach programs and relationships and made a turnaround for program at all. how it helps us reach morethan the american population of emergency occurs, what to first ensure you eas to maka critical element in alerting the public. we completed two preliminary tests as jamie mentioned in alaska and found the functions

i want to welcome our partners from -- from fema, damon penn, assistant administrator, thank you foroming to help with the presentation, also i've lost your name mark paese. paese. >> i practiced before. >> from the national weather service. thank you both for coming. thank you for your ongoing work, admiral burnett. the floor is yours. >> thank you, i'm proud to be before you with my friend and colleague, the administrator of the federal emergency management agency, to brief you and in fact with my friend and colleague, martin paese, director for the national oceanic and atmos spheric has been another key partner in the emergency alerting system. on november 9 of this year at 2 p.m. eastern standard time, the commission fema and noaa will conduct the first test of eas. while eas has been around for many years, this is the first nationwide test. it's essential to ensures the eas functions intended during an energy. as we learned during the recent disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in japan and tornadoes and floods, reliable emergency program is the key. first let me provide