Trends on Tuesday: Global Efforts Underway to Update Mobile Accessibility...
Horsche/iStock/Thinkstock Federal agencies do not get a free pass on accessibility for mobile—as we stated earlier this month, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act applies to ALL information and...
View ArticleHelp Us Add Resources to the Updated Mobile User Experience Guidelines!
luvemakphoto/iStock/Thinkstock Government agencies need to make sure their mobile websites and native apps don’t become one of the estimated billions of applications that end up in the app graveyard....
View ArticleNIST Hosts Reference Data Challenge to Create Mobile Apps
totallyPic.com/iStock/Thinkstock The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants YOU to help them build native apps. NIST launched the Reference Data Challenge to improve the way the...
View ArticleSpeed Matters: Optimizing Your Website For Maximum Performance
Jrcasas/iStock/Thinkstock Every second counts, even those precious two or three seconds it takes your website to load. When it comes to mobile, users won’t wait. During a recent DigitalGov University...
View ArticleIs Your Agency Winning Its Mobile Moments?
Someone has a problem they are trying to solve. They pull out their mobile device and find a solution. They move onto something else. That’s a mobile moment. Organizations are living and dying by their...
View ArticleTrends on Tuesday: Is Crowdsourcing the Future of Mobile Design and Development?
scyther5/iStock/Thinkstock NASA recently announced the winners of a smartwatch app interface competition. A Canadian duo won the design competition, and NASA’s plan is to build the app with 2016...
View ArticleTrends on Tuesday: Providing Anytime, Anywhere Government Through Mobile App...
Agencies have used an open data competition approach in their quest to provide anytime, anywhere government. For example, in 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted the Apps for the...
View ArticleIs Your Federal Mobile App or Website in the U.S. Digital Registry?
We have received an amazing response to the U.S. Digital Registry, our new API-generating repository for official third-party sites, social media platforms and mobile apps in the United States federal...
View ArticleCheck Your Refund Status AND Pay Your Taxes With IRS2Go
This tax season, it’s not just taxpayers expecting a refund who can take advantage of IRS2Go, the IRS’ mobile app, but now taxpayers who owe money are able to make payments through the app. IRS2Go...
View ArticleUsing Pirate Metrics to Analyze Your Mobile Application’s Audience
What Makes a Native App Successful? There are over 200 native applications in the federal government with various download numbers. Are the ones with the most downloads the most successful? Is the one...
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