The Digital Services Innovation Center and the USDA Ask Karen team will be cohosting a Mobile Gov Wikithon on Thursday, September 27 from 1p.m.-3p.m. at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Please contact jacob.parcell@gsa.gov if you are interested in attending as space is limited. Recently, the Digital Services Innovation Center has been partnering with other agencies to increase [...]

To give their users anytime, anywhere access to information, the  National Institute on Drug Abuse recently implemented a mobile website. The National Institute on Drug Abuse’s mobile Web site, m.drugabuse.gov, gives users quick and easy access to facts about illicit drugs, the science behind addiction, drug abuse research funding, and more. Mobile users benefit from easy-to-find [...]

Business2Community recently released the interesting infographic below with stats from Comscore and other sources regarding how people are integrating mobile into their travel. Highlights from the infographic include: 51% of smartphone owners used their device to access flight or hotel contents (ComScore). Airlines list of mobile-related topics searched by users: prices, schedules and contact details Smartphone usage has almost [...]

Barcode Scan Share Age Group Q4 2011 Q2 2012 Under 18 11% 8% 18-24 22 16 25-34 28 26 35-44 22 24 45-54 10 16 55 + 7 11 Source: Scanbuy/Marketing Charts, August 2012 With the continued growth of mobile, QR codes and other mobile phone scannable barcode formats are exploding in popularity. From the [...]

[youtube width="450" height="400"]sup8Q_NuIxI[/youtube] There’s an easier way to get content and data into the hands of citizens. Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, are web services that allow people to more easily consume content and data in multiple ways–via mobile devices,  mobile apps, innovative mash-ups, and much more.  Simply put, To help agencies better understand APIs, [...]

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 [...]

According to this infographic from Inmobi, there are numerous ways in which mobile devices have changed the way people consume media. Highlights of these changes include: People spend more time on mobile devices than watching television If they are watching television, they are generally using their mobile device at the same time. They are more [...]

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 [...]