Can All City Services Fit on One App?
MyCivic Apps has attracted a number of Southern California cities with its all-in-one mentality.
Behind the iOS app advantage
The curious folks at DigitalGov asked an expert why there are more government apps developed for iOS.
Drug Money Funded This Police App
Berkeley County, S.C., is using AppArrest as a way to reach millennials almost a year after the unsolved shooting death of a woman in the community.
Philly Faces a Big Question With Its Proposed Parking App: It May Be Too Easy to Use
The ability to add meter time remotely will make it easier to avoid tickets. And that revenue helps fund the city’s schools.
New York City’s Data-Driven Approach to Counting Its Street Trees
This year’s tree census will involve a smartphone app, crowdsourcing and a lot of walking.
Look at Utah’s New Web Initiative to Boost Tourism
Having already seen increased attendance at national parks in the Beehive State, boosting the visibility of state parks is the next step.
NASA tech inspires open data infrastructure for water monitoring
Technology developed for testing water purity on the International Space Station is being remade into a simple, low-cost mobile app for evaluating water safety here on Earth.
Apps, not malware, should be your biggest mobile concern
A two-pronged approach to mobile security focuses on enforcing security from the center while showing users the security risks at the endpoints of their mobile devices.
Pennsylvania app accesses campaign finance data
In a political season, Pennsylvania makes available financial information filed by candidates for state office to the public via mobile apps.
FEMA adds patient tracker apps to ER toolkit
New mobile patient tracking software will improve healthcare situational awareness at disaster sites.
FCC sets timetable for text-to-911
The Federal Communication Commission’s new rules will ensure that all remaining wireless carriers and certain IP-based text application providers are prepared to support text-to-911 by the end of the year.
Tracking Ebola with CDC's app
Developed by the Centers for Disease Control, the Epi Info viral hemorrhagic fever application is getting its first chance to speed contact tracing of everyone exposed to a person with Ebola and to help with the collection and management of data.
Postal Service envisions Internet of packages and things
The Postal Service explores how best to interconnect postal operations with the future Internet of Things, when the network can spot delays before the customer does.
Forest Service wants app to map firefighter safety zones
The U.S. Forest Service plans to develop a mobile app that would allow firefighters to determine safety zones during a firefight.
Mobile Workflow Builder assembles apps into business processes
The Good Technology Mobile Workflow Builder lets IT managers select mobile enterprise apps and combine them into business processes to better manage their users' mobile work experience.
Foreign Service seeks multi-language flashcard app
The State Department's Foreign Service Institute seeks to supplement its classroom and online language training with a multi-language flashcard application that allows students to study from a variety of devices.
Trimble offers agencies feedback management as a service
Geospatial technology developer Trimble Inc. offers local governments a cloud-based service to help local governments manage service requests and constituent feedback.
App aims to turn Google Glass into a situational awareness tool
BAE Systems' GXP Xplorer Snap mobile app is being designed to speed delivery of intelligence and other situational data to first responders.
Partnership yields new weather stations, irrigation scheduling app
A pilot crop water conservation project developed by Anheuser-Busch, the Bureau of Reclamation and two state universities will mean improved water efficiency for Idaho Falls area barley growers.
NIST's AppVet makes sure apps are ready for government work
AppVet provides a framework for managing the app-vetting workflow, including uploading apps, receiving reports and generating an overall risk assessment.
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