Judge Declines to Require FEMA Release Funds to Upgrade US Emergency Alert System

The plaintiff did not show it will suffer irreparable injury absent a restraining order, the judge said.

A sign for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington. Al Drago/The New York Times via AP/Pool

A federal judge has declined to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reimburse dozens of public broadcasting stations for upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on March 17 denied the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced FEMA to release funds that the corporation says it is owed for work on the Next Generation Warning System.