An "Amber alert" is an announcement over radio, TV, and electronic highway signs that inform the public that a child has just been reported missing (along with any relevant details, such as a physical description of the child and the make and color of the car they were last seen in).
The State Department has reissued its public announcement alerting travelers to violent criminal activity along the United States border with Mexico.
A spokesman for Mr. Lander's office said the city Transportation Department had not yet been consulted about a possible plan, though they were alerted about the announcement.
In Ithaca, the town clerk, Paulette Terwilliger, said she planned to publish a public service announcement alerting couples to the date.
The first call was from the Hilton Group to an executive at Moody's Investors Service, the day before the announcement, alerting the executive to the deal.
The airport announcement alerted any stragglers who had not been notified in advance to the news that they would be spending the day at Stansted.
The threats against the ranch, which grew more intense on New Year's Eve, had led the State Department to issue its public announcement, alerting Americans to use caution in the southeastern corner of Chiapas.
The widely reported terrorist threat, the stories of "near misses" and "heightened terror alerts", and the announcement of more investment to "keep us safe" create, from the security services' point of view, a virtuous circle of increasing funding.
