The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to PBS and NPR stations, sued the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday to lift a freeze on funds meant to support the country’s emergency alert system.
According to a complaint filed in the Washington, D.C., federal court, FEMA put $38.3 million previously authorized for the alert service’s Next Generation Warning System on hold without explanation last month.
The CPB said FEMA’s “arbitrary and capricious” hold prevents it from seeking expense reimbursements under a $40 million grant awarded in 2022.
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