Mobility

• GPO Budget App Sets Agency Record

  

  The Government Printing Office had approximately 53,000 visits to its 2013 fiscal budget mobile web application in the first 24 hours the site was available.

• Mobile Version of FY13 Budget Now Available

  

  The Government Printing Office has made a mobile version of the fiscal year 2013 federal budget available at http://m.gpo.gov/budget.

• Expanding the MyTSA App

  

  The Transportation Security Administration is working to expand its MyTSA app to other platforms beyond the iPhone, said Neil Bonner, program manager for applications development at TSA.

• Federal Mobility Strategy Dialogue Closes Today

  

  Today is the final day for citizens to weight in on the National Dialogue on the Federal Mobility Strategy, an initiative led by Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel aimed at crowdsourcing ideas on how to best implement government mobility and expedite adoption of emerging technologies.

• VA CIO on Mobility Strategy (AUDIO)

  

  Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Information Officer Roger Baker discussed the agency’s security breeches on Wednesday in a conference call with reporters. At the end of the discussion, Baker took questions, mostly focused on the department’s mobility strategy.

• Darren Ash: The Patient Path to Mobility

  

  Mobility is one of the hottest buzzwords these days in federal government information technology, but Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chief Information Officer Darren Ash plans to take his time in implementing mobile solutions within the agency, he said in an interview with FedScoop.

• Mobile Gov Meetup on January 31

  

  There will be a “Bring a Friend” Mobile Gov Wikithon on January 31 in Washington D.C. and Maryland to develop content for the Mobile Gov Wiki.

• MorningScoop: SEALs, MobileGov Meetup and the Bus Does a PSA

  

  A tribute to the Navy SEALs on its 50th birthday, a MobileGov wikithon and Jerome Bettis does a government PSA.

• Serving the Mobile Citizen

  

  Last month I was privileged to participate in the “Government Mobility Forum” on a panel discussion on serving the mobile citizen. The conversation focused around the issues that many federal and local government agencies face in organizing data and delivering services to help their citizens successfully interact with their governments.

• VanRoekel: Full Mobile Strategy in 60 Days

  

  Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said the government will release its full mobility strategy within 60 days and streamline its acquisition process for mobile devices to help the government procure and use the technology more efficiently.

• MorningScoop: More Mobile, Sustainability and Veterans

  

  Mobility continues to be a hot topic as Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel makes another big announcement.

• VanRoekel Announces National Dialogue on Federal Mobility Strategy

  

  Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced the federal government’s National Dialogue on the Federal Mobility Strategy that will crowdsource ideas on how to best implement federal mobility and expedite adoption of emerging technologies.