US CTO Announces Federal Mobility & Future Friendly Digital Strategy

[Haag, Jason]

FYI: Some of you may have already seen this, but it was just announced yesterday and thought you would be interested in reading.

They want to make Government Data social, mobile, open, etc. They are going to create a bunch of APIs and have every federal agency create a developer site. They also announced the end of any new .gov domains. They are going to create a digital information center to consolidate the smartest government thinkers. 

Sites explaining strategies:

wh.gov/digitalgov

wh.gov/digitalgov/html5

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/egov/digital-government/digital-government.html

Video of announcement: http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/23/us-cto-todd-park-obama-has-a-very-high-geek-quotient-but-its-all-a-means-to-an-end/

In Response: 

Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE84M10B20120523