The Digital RoadMap. White House tech gurus unveil digital road map. The Obama administration is ushering government into the mobile era.
Two of the president’s top tech lieutenants on Wednesday rolled out a so-called digital government road map aimed at prodding federal agencies to use cutting-edge mobile and Web technologies to develop better services for citizens. Continue Reading The plan, announced during a TechCrunch event in New York, lays the foundation to help solve a range of federal digital dilemmas — from buying and securely using new mobile gadgets, agency deployment of mobile apps and guidance on proliferating .gov websites. Obama orders federal agencies to go mobile. President Obama on Wednesday issued an executive order requiring government agencies to make services available via mobile phones.
Under the new order, each federal agency will be required to make two "key government services" available on mobile devices within the next 12 months. The order comes as the administration ramps up efforts to make large amounts of government data more accessible to the public to increase transparency. “Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere and on any device,” Obama said in a statement announcing the order. “By making important services accessible from your phone and sharing government data with entrepreneurs, we are giving hardworking families and businesses tools that will help them succeed.” Obama's White House has long been a proponent of putting government data online. How to Get Involved With The White House Digital Road Map. President Obama’s technology advisors are looking for some “kick ass” fellows to work on the White House’s new digital road map for open government.
Announced on stage at Disrupt 2012, CTO Todd Park and CIO Steven VanRoekel detailed five new projects, each which will need a team of open government geeks to help move forward. You can view the first part of the application process here.