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On the recordJuly 15, 2019
And in an effort to provide greater transparency, what would be some of the actual changes to the system that you all would recommend if we were looking at a system like that, how it could be effective, or how it could be made more effective?
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Abigail Spanberger
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Spanberger asks for recommendations to improve transparency in the alert system.

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