Craig Fifer has been the E-Government Manager for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, since 2003. Prior to this position, he served for seven years as the founding webmaster and electronic communications coordinator for the City of Roanoke, Virginia. During Mr. Fifer's tenure, Roanoke became the only city in the nation to be cited three times by the Center for Digital Government as America's Top Digital City. He also helped create free, public, outdoor, wireless Internet zones in downtown Roanoke and Alexandria – the first two in Virginia. Mr. Fifer spent two years as a technology trainer for the Roanoke City Public Schools, and served for three years on the board of directors of the Virginia Society for Technology in Education. He frequently delivers presentations on technology, legal, and ethics topics at local, state, national and international conferences and currently serves on the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and the board of directors of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government. Mr. Fifer is a graduate of Virginia Tech, with a degree in political science.