Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Integrated Public Alert Warning System Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to modernize and implement the national integrated public alert and warning system, including by: (1) establishing or adapting common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures; (2) including the capability to adapt the dissemination of information and the content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, or personal user preferences and the capability to alert, warn, and provide the equivalent amount of information to individuals with disabilities and access and functional needs; (3) ensuring the conduct of training, tests, and exercise for the system that are incorporated into other training and exercise programs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (4) ensuring that the system uses the National Terrorism Advisory System; (5) conducting periodic nationwide tests of the system; and (6) consulting, coordinating, and cooperating with other federal agencies and with state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and other key stakeholders to leverage existi…