A Federal Government Mobile Strategy—Where’s Yours?

The Federal government has been implementing a cloud computing strategy for the past year. Its goal: drive the government-wide adoption of cost effective, green, and sustainable Federal cloud computing solutions. The government has moved surprisingly fast on this.

Next up is a mobile strategy. That’s probably overdue too, but the mobile technology is only now becoming suitable for serious, large scale general work. (UPS, FedEx have had specialized mobile strategies for years.) The Feds have come up with six core objectives, which we’ll look at below.

Unlike many federal initiatives that seem to either suddenly fall from the sky or spend inordinate amounts of time in committee, this time the Feds are soliciting your ideas and comments from the start. To participate in the discussion, click here. Now let’s look at the six core objectives. (more…)