By Ryan Kamauff News out of the DoD is pointing to a unified defense network that will include 4G wireless coverage. Currently, the DoD operates over 15,000 networks, with millions of subscribers. The intent is to create one network, with multiple levels of security, that offers an App catalog department-wide. This network will tie intoRead… Read more »
I like govcamp I like govcamp because I meet people I know I like govcamp because I meet people I don’t know I like govcamp because there are lots of people who were there the year before I like govcamp because there are lots of people who weren’t I like govcamp because there are sessionsRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda With a hack hack here and a hack hack there. Hacking farms? FedTech magazine reports that “The USDA Wants to Hack the Chicken Coops of the Future” Related: after hacking school snacks, empty calories are on the decline. Here is our site. Please hack it. Not only has HHS launched Healthcare.gov, to helpRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff image via mobihealthnews As more mobile medical apps are developed, they are finding their way into our government. Recently, the House of Representative’s Small Business Committee’s Subcommittee on Health and Technology held a hearing titled, “Mobile Medical App Entrepreneurs: Changing the Face of Health Care.” Mobile apps are uniquely suited to helpRead… Read more »
By Kimberly Kelly Instagram, the popular photo sharing application which was recently acquired by Facebook, has released a new software update that enables the recording and sharing of 15 second long videos. This is great news for Android users like me because, unlike Twitter’s Vine application, Instagram video is available on Android and not justRead… Read more »
As we round out the second month of the Great American Civic Hack we checked in four of our national repos: LocalWiki, OpenTreeMap, CKAN, and Councilmatic. Check out what they had to say on the top issues they’d like to get resolved during the campaign and the greatest challenge about collaborating on open source civicRead… Read more »
A few simple precautions can make tweets and other short postings more readable by people using text-to-voice or other aids. Video and audio require more resources to make sure most people can have access to at least the text content. http://www.howto.gov/social-media/using-social-media-in-government/improving-accessibility
Earlier this month the House passed two appropriations bills, Milcon/VA, and Homeland Security, both of which the president opposes. No appropriations bills have come to the floor in the Senate. As discussed in my article “Defense Cuts are on the Way: $100 billion, $300 billion, or $500 billion?“, with a $91 billion gap between theRead… Read more »
These days, most every orientation handbook has it: the dreaded social media policy. Does your agency have a social media policy for all generations? Some rules can be fairly liberal, like when social media can be used during working hours. Some are more stringent- like how employees use their accounts on their own time. SocialRead… Read more »
By Amy Larsen, Client Success Consultant, GovDelivery Today’s government communicators are tasked with staying on top of the latest communication trends to create and deliver messages or content that stakeholders want to receive. And we all know the only way to determine success is if we measure it, which means government communicators end up usingRead… Read more »