mobile apps

Program Support Center, HHS, phone, computer

How to fix the festering problem of federal contact centers

Few services to the public can be as troublesome as agency contact centers, just ask the IRS.

Technology

A user holds a Samsung Tab S3 Android tablet, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, during a press briefing in New York. The new tablet will come with many of Samsung's fire-prone Note 7's features, including an S Pen stylus and a richly colored screen. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Recent travel guidance for using government devices gives best practices in unsecure countries

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2019, file photo, passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. The chief of the TSA said Monday, July 1, that travelers should see only a slight increase in checkpoint wait times over the four-day July 4 holiday weekend despite the diversion of about 350 employees including screeners to the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

TSA halts employees from using TikTok for social media posts

Air Force announces new ways of learning digital skills, working on faster apps

Air Force

F5 Networks: Protecting any app, any device, anywhere

Federal Tech Talk

Federal News Network

Apple + VA? The very idea sounds cuckoo

Tom Temin Commentary

Education Dept. goes mobile with student aid program app

Technology

Oracle: Modern cloud for a modern government

Federal Tech Talk

GSA: Saving money on IT services

Federal Tech Talk

Cora Han: FTC issues mobile health app guidance

Federal Drive

Jacob Parcell: Government’s mobile app community 1,200 strong

The federal government has an informal but large and active community of interest devoted to building and improving public-facing mobile apps. The community…

Federal Drive

Jared Serbu, DoD Reporter, Federal News Radio

The FBI is a few weeks away from the finish line on one of the federal government’s largest deployments of Android smartphones. Most of its field agents…

Kathy Frisbee, Veterans Health Administration

Federal Drive

Veterans Affairs officials want veterans to be able to access their services on mobile devices. They also want to boost employee productivity with mobility. But developing business-grade apps is no simple matter. Kathy Frisbee, co-director of Connected Health in VA’s Office of Informatics and Analytics, has developed a rigorous app methodology that any agency could use. She joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to discuss the first fleet of apps the agency has developed.