Al Perez has been recommended and has accepted a position as a member of the Public Safety Data Interoperability (PSDI) Project advisory board.

The PSDI board, a federally funded initiative for sharing data nationally, will meet monthly with organizations to support and further the efforts of data interoperability for local public safety including communication centers, law enforcement, fire services and EMS as well as industry representatives.

This project has been funded by a grant awarded to the IJIS Institute by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. IJIS is involved in the PSDI project in partnership with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International (APCO).

The Public Safety Data Interoperability (PSDI) Project advisory board plans to provide a Master Exchange List for Local Communication Centers, a User Guide to Information Sharing for Local Communication Centers and Information Exchange Package Documentation artifacts (IEPDs).