Media Contact: 
Travis Litman, (202) 418-2400
travis.litman@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF FCC COMMISSIONER JESSICA ROSENWORCEL 
ON RELEASE OF FINAL REPORT ON HAWAII FALSE ALERT
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2018 —  Following the release of the Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau’s Final Report concerning the January 13, 2018 false 
emergency alert in Hawaii, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel issued the 
following statement:
“As last week’s field hearing convened by Senator Brian Schatz made clear, the 
January 13 false missile alert in Hawaii was unacceptable.  As I said in my testimony, 
it is essential that we address what went wrong and put policies in place so this does 
not happen again in Hawaii or anywhere else.   Indeed, as today’s Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau’s Final Report shows, the false alert was the result of 
multiple human and operational failures.  To make matters worse, it took a full 38 
minutes to correct the error.  Fixing this should be a top priority–from working to 
promote best practices to establishing a mechanism for false alert reporting.  We have 
our work cut out for us.” 
  
###
Office of Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
Twitter: @JRosenworcel
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).