State Notebook

摘要

Signs are that FirstNet could be stalled two years after the law approving the national first responder networkrnwas enacted, said former Seattle Chief Technology Officer Bill Schrier in a blog post Feb. 22. Schrier,rnwho is FirstNet’s designated point of contact in Washington State, said the network has made a only few dozenrnhires to date. “Two years into a $7 billion project and only 25 full-time staff have been hired!?” he askedrn(http://bit.ly/OzFEwv). The public reaction to FirstNet also seems to be changing, he said. “I’ve been speakingrnto groups of public officials and police chiefs and emergency managers and firefighters and other responders inrnWashington State about FirstNet since May, 2013,” Schrier said. “Lately, the mood of the audiences is startingrnto change. ‘Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard you say that before, Bill, but what’s happening now? Where’s the beef?’rnI’m starting to feel a bit like a computer software salesman pushing vaporware. ‘Oh yes, that feature will be inrnour next release slated to come out in 2017.’” In a separate blog posted by Urgent Communications, FirstNetrnGeneral Manager Bill D’Agostino said real progress is being made. “Our work so far has been focused on puttingrnthe foundational building blocks in place for getting this network up and running,” he said Feb. 21 (http://rnbit.ly/MrWSK7). “We want to get the job done as expeditiously as possible, but we have one opportunity to getrnit right and we understand this tremendous responsibility.”rn——