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It will build on existing missing-person procedures and FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). Federal officials are still developing guidance, training protocols, and autism-specific alert templates with state and local partners."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the initiative's status"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Comic Sands reported that Kennedy said the nationwide alert capability is not yet active. The other reports do not mention the status of the alert capability."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated or centre-rated reports mention the detail of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s phone ringing with a duck quack ringtone during the announcement. 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