Feds Creating Mobile Government Model for Agencies

The U.S. government hopes a new interactive project will give federal agencies a template to embrace and thrive in the mobile device movement. Called Making Mobile Gov, the program will establish a community-generated wiki and toolkit on how to implement mobile websites and applications that better serve citizens who need information from Uncle Sam while on-the-go.

Launched in June by the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT), Making Mobile Gov consists of three phases — Discover, Discuss, Design — that will incorporate commentary from the public and private sectors. Once finished, the how-to guide will provide a best practices model for presenting data on smartphones and tablets.