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U.S. CIO Wants To Open Mobile Apps Store But Is Apple The Right Model?
Written by Alex Williams / February 10, 2010 11:59 AM / 1 Comments

Apps.Gov.jpgThe federal government sure loves cloud computing. And now it's using the foundation it built in the cloud to create a mobile apps store for citizens and government agencies.

The federal budget for IT services has $35 million set aside for introducing mobile technologies. The money is part of a $79 billion IT budget, down from $81 billion last year.

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US CIO Kundra Calls for Web 2.0 Co-Creation of Knowledge With Citizens
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 1, 2009 1:37 PM / 6 Comments

The US Government's Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, called today for a radical new approach to government information technology, focusing on utilization of consumer-type Web 2.0 tools that can "tap into the vast amounts of knowledge...in communities across the country."

"We've got to recognize that we can't treat the American people as subjects but as a co-creator of ideas," Kundra was quoted as saying by Government Computer News writer Wyatt Kash today. "We need to tap into the vast amounts of knowledge...in communities across the country. The federal government doesn't have a monopoly on the best ideas." That's exciting, if it's more than just words.

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