Send critical updates as text messages

Send critical updates as text messages

Mobile devices allow individuals to communicate and stay connected wherever they are. As a mobile society, individuals have come to expect that information is immediately available so that they can make informed decisions. Agencies using the GovDelivery platform can offer their subscribers the option to receive valuable alerts to their mobile devices.

GovDelivery's Text Messaging feature serves the growing population of wireless device users, allowing subscribers to receive updates via email, cell phones, PDA's, and other text message-enabled devices.

• Launch text messaging quickly without concern for high transaction fees
• Agency decides which subscription items are available as a wireless (text messaging) alert
• Integrates with email subscription management process

Text Messages and the 2009 Peanut Recall

When the nationwide peanut recall began in January, 2009, the United States Food and Drug Administration kept the public and interested stakeholders informed by sending up-to-the-minute text messages.

Read more on the peanut recall and GovDelivery's role in helping the FDA get the word out here.

The first text message the FDA sent after initiating the nationwide peanut recall

The message was sent to 149,838 addresses