With mobile use growing exponentially and federal agencies implementing customer-facing mobile services for the Digital Government Strategy, we decided to put together a Mobile Gov resource “cheat sheet” with concepts and information we think will be helpful for agencies implementing Mobile Gov in 2013. Here’s what Mobile Gov implementers need to know! APIs Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) [...]

“Trafficking In Persons” and human trafficking are umbrella terms used to describe the activities involved when someone obtains or holds a person in compelled service. In order to increase public awareness, the Department of Defense created the Trafficking in Persons Awareness App. The Department of Defense describes: This App is intended to provide training and [...]

The Content Marketing Institute recently published an article that discussed the surge of responsive design implementations. The surge is related to the growth of mobile and organization’s need to keep pace. Responsive design has been around a long time, but has picked up steam lately because of device proliferation (ever heard of the “phablet”?), and [...]

[youtube width="450" height="400"] lTYZTwWKaNI [/youtube] Federal agency mobile implementation is an important aspect of the Digital Government Strategy, so last week the Mobile Gov team and Digital Gov University partnered for a “Mobile First” Webinar. A “mobile first” approach is where new websites and applications are designed for mobile devices first, instead of designed for the traditional desktop.  Representatives from [...]

Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, has recently implemented the Department’s first responsive design site at StudentAid.gov.  StudentAid.gov is among several federal websites using responsive design by using technologies that the new Digital Government Strategy directs federal agencies to use in order to deliver digital services to any device, anytime, anywhere. StudentAid.gov [...]

You need resources and we are here to help! Here are our July events to jump start your agency’s digital gov efforts. TOMORROW! API Webinar Series: An Introduction to APIs API’s are an important data element agencies need to address when implementing the Digital Gov Strategy. In this first installment of our API webinar series, experts [...]

You need resources, and we are here to help with an excellent new webinar series to jump start your agency’s digital gov efforts. Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, allow developers to get creative with an agency’s data—from making content mobile ready to innovative mashups. API’s are an important data element agencies need to address when implementing the [...]

According to an in-depth study by InMobile, an independent mobile advertising network, smartphone and tablet adoption is dramatically rising in the US. Tablet use has now surpassed 29.5 million users. Even more interesing is the increased amount of time users are spending on their devices. Connected devices are also significantly cannibalizing other forms of entertainment [...]