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Mobile Government - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of examples showing how governments are providing mobile apps to access mobile government services via mobile phones, smartphones and pdas.
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- Better Health Channel - iPhone and iPad mobile application
- The Department of Health's Better Health Channel has launched a free iPhone and iPad app to help Victorians take control of their health and wellbeing anytime, anywhere. The mobile app builds on the quality information Victorians have come to expect from the award winning Better Health Channel, by delivering only the best health and medical advice. The app delivers comprehensive, reliable and easy to understand information – all of which has been quality assured by medical experts. The Better Health Channel app enables Victorians to search, find and browse health information as well as locate an extensive range of health services.
Added: 27 September 2011
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- Government on the move: trends in mobile technology and how government can get on board
- The increased uptake of internet-enabled smartphones means that more and more people are demanding access to key information on the go. In order to stay relevant and meet users needs government must consider the role of mobile technology in its communication planning. This session will look at the mobile technologies that are having an impact now and those to watch out for in the near future. We will look at what Government is already doing in this space and the right way to get involved.
Added: 4 June 2010
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- How to use Vote Victoria iPhone App
- Vote Victoria is an application to help voters find where to vote and to keep an eye on election results during the 2010 Victorian State Election.
Added: 23 November 2010
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- Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Mobile Government
- Mobile Government is an important area for responsible governments to harness and utilise efficiently. The benefits of increased access, in-situ service delivery and increased productivity, make mobile government a worthwhile venture for various levels and agencies of government. This paper suggests greater emphasis be placed on legislative and regulatory considerations during design and implementation of Mobile Government initiatives, and during any post implementation or periodic reviews. The observations apply regardless of jurisdiction or the level of technology utilised.
Added: 2 June 2011
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- Mobile Government: 2010 and Beyond White paper
- The paper introduces the emerging need for m-government, classifies m-government services, provides a list of existing m-government services worldwide, analyses their potential in the public sector, evaluates the needs of the public, discusses researches about m-government, and presents a discussion of challenges and benefits for m-services and recommends actions for all stakeholders.
Added: 16 November 2010
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- New iPhone Application for Victorian State Election
- Australia's first election application Vote Victoria was launched today (18 November 2010) to assist Victorians with election information, postal voting, voting locations and elections results for the State government election being held on Saturday November 27, 2010.
Added: 18 November 2010
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- Victorian Government develops VicEvents Android, iPhone & iPad app
- VicEvents provides a list of thousands of Victorian events in one simple app.
Added: 31 October 2011
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- Enhancing Online and Mobile Content For Government Conference - Canberra 30 and 31 May 2012
- Making online content accessible, participatory and optimised for mobile devices. Criterion conferences. Day 1 Agenda: Breaking down online accessibility barriers for government; Developing strategies for major departmental compliance with WCAG 2.0; Embedding web accessibility as business as usual; Progressing towards WCAG 2.0 compliance; Understanding web accessibility barriers for all users Day 2 Agenda: Digital Culture Public Sphere: Increasing public participation in government policy development; Drawing from online consultation with Australian youth to develop cybersafety resources; Participating with citizens to explore social trust & social media monitoring; Transforming DIAC’s online presence; Practical examples & challenges of website creation & presences Workshops: Making online content more accessible - Pre-Conference Workshop; Tuesday 29th May, 2012. Writing user friendly content for the web - Post-Conference Workshop; Friday 1st June, 2012.
Added: 10 February 2012;
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- Activation of the mobile signature in all Austrian tax offices
- ePractice.eu, 6 February 2012. Country Austria; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity, Services for Citizens, Multi-channel Delivery, User-centric Services. "The mobile phone signature, which is the mobile version of the Citizen Card, was first introduced in Austria in December 2009. Two years later and in order to make the assessment of income tax easier, all tax offices in Austria provide the activation of the mobile phone signature, free of charge. The only thing that citizens need to bring to the tax office to have their mobile phone signature activated is an official photo ID, such as a passport photo, and their mobile phone..."
Added: 9 February 2012;
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- Mobile app helps users locate health services in B.C.
- Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government. News Release, February 6, 2012. "COQUITLAM – The Province today unveiled a mobile application, which allows people to locate a range of health services in British Columbia using an iPhone, iPad or iPod. The BC Health Service Locator app lets people find walk-in clinics, hospitals, emergency rooms, immunization clinics and after-hours pharmacies nearby. Mobile users can filter the results to view a particular type of health service, such as walk-in clinics, or view wheelchair-accessible locations. The keyword search provides the opportunity to view results in different locations or find a particular type of health service. Details attached to the locations include the health service description, hours of operation, contact information and address..."
Added: 8 February 2012;
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- Launch of smartphone and tablet computer app for eGovernment
- ePractice.eu, 5 January 2012. Country Switzerland; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Multi-channel Delivery, Policy, User-centric Services. "On 15 November 2011, a new eGovernment application was released aimed at providing information about Swiss eGovernment programmes and evaluating the benefits of eGovernment projects. The eGovernment Switzerland Programme Office, an administrative unit of the eGovernment Switzerland Steering Committee, has developed the 'E-Gov-App' for a popular smartphone and tablet computer..."
Added: 3 February 2012;
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- New iPhone app to combat litter
- Media Release, From the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Thursday, 15 December 2011. "Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has launched the EPA Victoria's new i-phone litter application, Report Litter, which has been designed to make it easier for the public to report littering. Minister Smith said the free iPhone app would be online today, allowing every Victorian to be part of the solution to littering. "Victorians can now use an iPhone and the Report Litter app to report littering as it happens. The Report Litter app will provide Victorians a new and speedy way to report litter," Mr Smith said..."
Added: 16 December 2011;
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- Vic Heritage iPhone app
- By the Victorian Government's Department of Planning and Community Development. iTunes. "Vic Heritage explores the histories of the most important and unusual places in Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia..."
Added: 16 December 2011;
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- National Aquarium Leads The Way In Digital Innovation
- Press Release: National Aquarium of New Zealand, Friday, 16 December 2011. "A visit to Napier's National Aquarium of New Zealand is about to get even more interactive. The Hawke's Bay tourism attraction is pioneering innovative digital technology with its Free Digital Tours being launched this Friday. Fascinating details of the Aquarium's wildlife will be delivered to visitors through the use of QR (Quick Response) codes which are scanned by smart devices, android phones and iPads, says manager Rob Yarrall..."
Added: 16 December 2011;
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- It's apps vs. mobile-enabled websites in GSA smackdown
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 12 December 2011. "Agencies looking to push their content onto mobile platforms are better off building mobile-enabled websites that can be accessed from any smartphone or tablet than building native apps that live only on one particular platform, Neil Bonner, a mobile specialist at the Transportation Security Administration, said recently..."
Added: 15 December 2011;
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- Mobile Government: Anytime, anywhere
- FutureGov, 8 December 2011. "Reduce 5 kgs in 2 weeks and lose up to 4 cms in 15 days. Join Golden Gym today and avail a discount of 20%”, so goes one of the many SMSes that a SIM typically receives every day in India. These SMSes sell a wide range of products and services - weight loss to spas, doctors, real estate, coaching centres, etc. - reflecting the penetration of mobile phones even in a developing country. Most importantly, messages delivered on mobile phones are delivered instantaneously as the mobile travels with the owner. This ‘anytime, anywhere’ availability feature of mobile devices can be leveraged by governments to make public information and citizen services available 24*7...."
Added: 13 December 2011;
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- Smarter way for emergency alerts
- Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland launched the DisasterWatch app for both iPhone and Android smartphones, by AAP. CIO, 9 December, 2011. "Australians can access information about emergencies and disasters through a new government application for smartphones. Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland launched the DisasterWatch app for both iPhone and Android smartphones at the 12th Australia Safer Community Awards in Canberra on Thursday..."
Added: 12 December 2011;
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- USDA plans internal app store in 2012
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 7 December 2011. "The Agriculture Department is developing a mobile application it believes will cut in half the travel required of its Natural Resources Conservation Service employees working on projects to reduce chemical runoff at farms, an Agriculture official said Wednesday..."
Added: 8 December 2011;
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- NASA Launches App Store for Employees
- Government Technology, December 2, 2011. "NASA launched a new website so agency employees and contractors can download apps that securely access NASA's systems. The new website, apps@NASA, allows authorized users to download the internal mobile apps to personal and NASA mobile devices, according to an official blog post late last month from the agency..."
Added: 5 December 2011;
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- Africa: The road to m-government
- Written by James Middleton. Telecoms.com, November 21, 2011. "... It is easy to suggest that the move from e-government to m-government is inevitable, but this is especially the case in Africa, where the number of people with access to mobile phones is growing, and exceeds the number of citizens with access to the internet by nearly five to one. This is particularly the case in rural areas of Africa, suggesting the need for mobile government is even greater for approximately 60 per cent of the continent’s population. The beneficiaries of mobile government can be classified as governments, citizens and businesses: Government departments (G2G): Applications and services can improve organisational and business processes, such as making in-field mobile workers more productive, encouraging the use of videoconferencing or providing secure co-partner services with other agencies (e.g., NGOs)..."
Added: 2 December 2011;
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- App Points Out Health Scores of Nearby Restaurants
- By Brian Heaton. Government Technology, November 21, 2011. "If you're hungry and on-the-go in California's capital city, a new app can point you to the closest places to eat and how those restaurants scored in recent health inspections. Called “Sacramento County Food Inspections,” the app shows a person’s current location in Sacramento County, Calif., and the nearby retail food facilities, which are marked on both a map and in a list. The color of the markers on the map indicate the most recent food inspection placard result, inspection date and links to view more detailed information..."
Added: 29 November 2011;
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- NSW govt urges ICT companies to register for collaborative program
- Applications opened on 17 November 2011 and close on 29 February 2012. Computerworld, 24 November, 2011. "The NSW government has urged ICT companies to register for a pitching and networking event to help form consortiums for its collaborative solutions program. The Collaborative Solutions Mobile Government program, a $1 million project focused on the development of mobile and wireless technologies to improve government services, will support innovative solutions with market appeal..."
Added: 24 November 2011;
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This category last updated: 10 February 2012
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