Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed a bill in March 2021 requiring law enforcement to alert the public within four hours after law enforcement is notified about a lost or missing person. The law requires using existing resources like the AMBER Alert and similar notification systems.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is now using a new software provider to send out Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for the AMBER Alert system. NCMEC selected OnSolve, a critical event management provider, to provide time-sensitive notifications to geographic areas close to an incident.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will enhance the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to prevent “unexpected false alarms” like the one that warned Hawaii residents of a ballistic missile attack. State and local officials can now conduct “live code” tests for wireless phones with the same codes and procedures used during an actual emergency. The FCC said the updates will help prevent “alert fatigue.”