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ATF App
In order to provide access to news updates and other agency information on mobile devices, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives created the ATF App. It provides information about field office location, firearms, agency history and it allows you to subscribe to various news updates. The app is available on both the iOS [...]
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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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Labor Stats App
In order to give users the most up to date facts, figures and other relevant data, the U.S. Department of Labor has released the Labor Stats App. The Labor Stats app is available on both the Android and iPhone platforms. According to DOL: The Labor Stats Application presents the most up-to-date numbers and news releases [...]
1,100 views | 1 commentMay 24th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy -
Trends on Tuesday: Time Spent on Apps
Mixed messages around mobile web and apps coming in via comScore mobile data. comScore looked at smartphone users to identify top mobile sites and how those sites engage their users. They compared app use to mobile web use. Analysis of the share of time spent across apps and browsers revealed that even though these access [...]
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GAO App
In order to serve it’s information users from anytime and anywhere, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) launched the GAO App to provide direct, simple mobile access to new reports, testimonies, videos, and podcasts. The GAO App is available on the iOS platform and has future plans to release it on the Android platform. GAO says [...]
970 views | Comments OffMay 17th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy -
RIM/Blackberry Mobile Development Webinar Recap
[youtube width="450" height="400"]6muKykwvYOI[/youtube] The Mobile Platform Development Series was developed to help government agencies learn how to deliver government content–information, data and services–anytime, anywhere and on any device. One way to deliver content to citizens is via applications on mobile devices or native mobile apps. Government agencies need technical expertise on developing apps on the various platforms. [...]
996 views | Comments OffMay 16th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Strategy, Research, Resources, Trends, Uncategorized -
MedlinePlus Mobile
In order to give people access to government health information anytime, anywhere on any device, the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health created the MedlinePlus mobile website. MedlinePlus brings free information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language people can understand. Acccording to NLM, the mobile website: allows [...]
1,122 views | 1 commentMay 10th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources, Uncategorized -
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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