"Bill has been instrumental in moving forward the effort to allocate the 700 MHz D block radio spectrum to public safety, has served as a local resource to the city of Seattle for technology issues and has demonstrated an unending commitment to effect positive change through technology locally and nationally," PSFA President George S. Rice, Jr. said.
Schrier is the current president of Metropolitan Information Exchange, a national organization of chief information officers and other key technology executives who are responsible for overall information technology from cities and counties with populations over 100,000. He also is a member and past chair of the King County Regional Communications Board, which oversees management of the King County Public Safety (800 MHz) radio network. Schrier has testified before the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of allocating the D block to public safety and maintaining open Internet access. He recently was the keynote speaker at Fiber-Fete in Lafayette, La., a conference on fiber-optic network to the home, and is helping lead Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn's effort to bring fiber broadband to Seattle. Schrier blogs regularly on Government Technology's site, Digital Communities, as Notes from a City CIO and on his own site, Chief Seattle Geek, and can be found on Twitter.
