Tulsi Gabbard and Colleen Hanabusa Intro Bill in Response to False Missile Alert

Congresswomen Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI) are introducing the Civil Defense Accountability Bill to ensure more transparency in the investigation into Hawaii’s false missile alert on January 13th. It would require federal agencies to publish and provide to Congress an online report detailing their actions during the false missile alert and corrective measures to prevent future false alarms. It would also require officials to lay out their current notification protocols for ballistic missile threats. “In the weeks since the false alarm, we have heard confusing, often conflicting accounts from state officials about what went wrong and who is responsible,” Hanabusa said in a statement. “The public deserves a transparent, accurate accounting, like the one recently completed by the Federal Communications Commission, so we can make corrections and move forward.” Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) also introduced legislation that would require the federal government to take responsibility for alerting the public should a missile attack actually happen. More here.