Web app tracks prison probationers
The New York City Department of Probation is pioneering a new goal-tracking Web app aimed at reducing recidivism and encouraging positive behavior among those on probation.
Data sharing lets states collaborate on toll collecting
Transportation agencies in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire have developed technology and policies to enforce toll collections across state lines.
Free situational awareness app gaining traction among California firefighters
The Next-Generation Incident Command System is being used by emergency management agencies in California for planning, response and recovery for risky and hazardous events – many of them wildfires.
Report: Enterprise app activations growing rapidly
A Good Technology report found a 54 percent growth quarter over quarter in activations of enterprise applications, indicating that organizations are leveraging mobile apps to make employees more collaborative, productive and engaged.
App gives police access to oft-used info, unclogging 911 dispatch centers
Badge Buddy cuts down on officers' reliance on dispatchers for relaying of noncritical information, saving time, improving efficiency.
FEMA crowdsources disaster response
FEMA's mobile app now has a feature that allows citizens to photograph, geotag and explain conditions in their local area.
Geotrigger puts geofencing in Esri mobile apps
Agencies can download a public beta version of Esri's cloud-based Geotrigger Service to create mobile geofencing applications.
EPA's How's My Waterway app delivers transparency, environmental awareness
EPA's How's My Waterway web application was designed to conserve technology, operate across multiple devices and maintain a bond of information transparency to the public.
R U secure? Encrypted texting expands to Android OS.
Silent Circle releases its latest end-to-end encryption tool, which enables secure texting between Apple iOS and Android platforms. A secure, peer-to-peer email app is due next year.
Training for combatting human trafficking goes mobile
JKO releases a mobile app for DOD’s Trafficking in Person’s general awareness training.
With deadlines nearing, states, hospitals rush to build-out health IT networks
States and hospitals are setting up health insurance exchanges and extending health IT networks in order to meet deadlines included in federal health reform initiatives.
Mobile apps are key to VA's New Models of Care program
The department is piloting programs to help developers get their apps up to VA's standards. Note to developers: Know your Scrum.
Cell phones gear up to fight AIDS
Smartphones sitting around in their chargers all night can now band together to help find a cure for AIDS while their owners sleep.
America's Army deploys to almost every mobile device
Probably the most successful gamification effort in government is expanding to new platforms.
App provides disaster assessment on the fly with ArcGIS Online
A Michigan county is using WebMapSolutions to build a mobile app that provides faster, more complete damage assessments.
How's your app performing? Fathom does a deep dive
Crittercism's Fathom Mobile Command Center offers a way for agencies to track the performance of increasingly complex mobile applications.
App would give 911 operators control of callers' smart phones
The Android app being developed at the University of North Texas would let dispatchers use a smart phone's camera and sensors to get a better view of an emergency.
Telework challenge: Employees who resist telework tools
USDA is using technologies such as teleconferencing and social media for collaboration, but challenges include some employee resistance and incompatible software.
States shift into high gear with online driving tests
Virginia, North Dakota and Indiana are part of growing set of states bringing drivers exams and other automated DMV services to their citizens over the Web.
Projectors light up large venues, with iOS, Android control
Epson's new PowerLight 4000 series produce enough lumens for just about any room and have an app that gives users full control from iOS and Android devices.
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