Justice Postpones Announcement of Amber Alert Online Expansion

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With the federal government closed due to Hurricane Sandy,
the Justice Department had to cancel Monday morning's announcement of how
Google will expand the AMBER alert system online.

The broadcaster-launched
warning system has helped recover 591 missing children since its inception
in 1997 following the kidnapping and murder of Amber Hagerman in Arlington,
Texas.

Google
already has a "gadget" that can be added to iGoogle pages to display
AMBER alert status in particular states.

No word on when that event would be rescheduled.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.