Its official, FEMA issues press release

https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2020/06/19/fema-cancels-2020-integrated-public-alert-warning-system-national-test-due

FEMA Cancels 2020 Integrated Public Alert & Warning System National Test
Due to COVID-19 Response

Release date: June 19, 2020

WASHINGTON – Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) public health
emergency response, FEMA will not conduct a national test of the
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) this year.

FEMA is moving the next national test of the system to 2021 out of
consideration for the unusual circumstances and working conditions for
those in the broadcast and cable industry. Although systems remain in
place for rapid automatic transmission of the test message by broadcast
and cable operators, the follow-on reporting activities associated with a
national test place additional burdens on technical staff that are already
quite busy maintaining as close to normal operation as possible.

IPAWS is a national system for local alerting that provides authenticated
emergency alert and information messaging to the public through cell
phones and internet applications using Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA),
and to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System (EAS).
Emergency officials across the country sent more than 360 important safety
messages on the COVID-19 pandemic to their residents via WEA and EAS.

FEMA is required by law to test IPAWS at least every three years. The
national WEA capability was most recently tested in conjunction with the
EAS in 2018.

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