The National Severe Storms Laboratory mobilized their “Precipitation Identification Near the Ground” project (PING) so you can help them collect weather data anytime, anywhere. Are snowflakes fallin’ on your head? Are you getting pinged by hail? Tell us where you are and what is hitting the ground. NSSL scientists will compare your report with what the radar has [...]

Last week Rimm-Kaufman Group published its new Digital Marketing Report (free download with your email address), which covers the fourth quarter of 2012. They found a staggering increase in the use of mobile search. Specific findings include: Nearly 20% of organic search and direct visits were mobile in Q4. iPad delivered 7.3% of visits, followed [...]

Come hear how agencies agencies are using the Digital Government Strategy to make government anytime, anywhere on any device! On January 24 at 11.am., we will host a webinar where agencies will show how they are implementing the Digital Government Strategy with their Mobile Gov efforts. The event will highlight planned mobile implementations from the Digital [...]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released an application that allows users to look up housing Fair Market Rents (FMRs) & Income Limits from anytime and anywhere. The HUD PD&R FMR/IL Lookup application is only currently available on the Android platform. Here’s more from HUD about the data users can access on the application and [...]

According to Big Data/App Services company Flurry and illustrated by their chart posted here, people’s time spent consuming content on mobile apps is starting to chip away at their time spent consuming TV and web content. Specifically: This chart updates Flurry’s analysis comparing time spent in mobile apps on smartphones and tablets to time spent on [...]

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) have released the Presidential Documents Mobile Web app which tracks the public activities of the President of the United States. The app has user-friendly search capabilities allowing users to access content about the President by searching by date, category, [...]

One way federal agencies create mobile products is through contests on Challenge.gov. The Department of Treasury recently named winners for it’s MyMoneyAppUp Challenge, which it describes: Earlier this year, Treasury and our partners called on Americans to participate in the nationwide MyMoneyAppUp Challenge by submitting their best mobile app ideas and designs to help consumers make smart [...]

The U.S. Census Bureau recently launched the America’s Economy app as part of an effort to increase and improve access to their statistics. The app is currently available on the Android and iOS platforms. Census describes the app: Take the pulse of the U.S. Economy straight from your phone. The America’s Economy app provides real-time [...]