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Digital Government Strategy Milestones Report
Yesterday marked three months since the release of the Digital Government Strategy and agencies have been making great strides in meeting the milestones toward building a 21st Century Government. In his blog, Building-blocks of a 21st Century Digital Government, Steve Van Roekel said Executing on this vision of government cannot happen alone. To provide the [...]
1,228 views | Comments OffAug 24th, 2012 | Filed under Events, Gov News, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Research, Resources -
Digital Strategy & Making Mobile Gov 2.0
Busy week in mobile gov. First, the White House released a memo from the President [pdf] announcing a ”comprehensive Government-wide strategy to build a 21st century digital Government that delivers better digital services to the American people.” In order to ensure that agencies make the best use of emerging technologies in serving the public, I hereby direct each agency [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: I Want It Now
Is mobile changing us? The rapid adoption of cell phones and, especially, the spread of internet-connected smartphones are changing people’s communications with others and their relationships with information. Users’ ability to access data immediately through apps and web browsers and through contact with their social networks is creating a new culture of real-time information seekers [...]
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MobileGov Apps on Display
Last week, we wrote about great mobile products presented rapid-fire. Here are a few: [youtube width="400" height="300"]C_JXX5-ZzSI[/youtube] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you register yet for our FREE Mobile Platform Development Series? Learn about how to get your apps into the app stores! Learn more. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Mobile Gov Shifts + Prognostications
A quick video on trends in practices for agencies, shifts in agency aproaches and predictions about the Mobile Gov landscape from Gwynne Kostin, Director Mobile in GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies. [youtube width="400" height="300"]ggbKaeH3fuU[/youtube] Resources Get your thinking “unstuck” and check out the resources to help you smartly deliver anytime, anywhere, any device [...]
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NASA Visualization Explorer App
NASA released the Visualization Explorer App to allow users to receive weekly cutting edge stories and video about NASA’s fleet of research spacecraft via tablet. Visualization Explorer is one of a number of mobile products that were implemented as part of NASA’s mobile strategy. This app, which is available only on the iPad, allows: This [...]
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QuitStart App: USA.gov Apps Gallery’s 100th Entry!
QuitStart was created by the National Cancer Institute to help people stop smoking. QuitStart provides help with tracking smoking cravings and moods and monitoring progress toward achieving smokefree milestones. Quitstart is available for iOS devices and NCI describes it as: QuitSTART is a free smartphone app that can help you track your cravings and moods, [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Phone a Friend
More than half of adult cellphone owners used their phones in stores this holiday season while deciding what to buy, according to new research released by Pew Internet. They called friends for advice, looked up product reviews and even comparison shopped–sometimes skipping the in-store purchase and buying online. While these purchasing trends are not exactly [...]
962 views | Comments OffJan 31st, 2012 | Filed under Mobile Strategy, Research