Government With an "App-titude"

How can mobile apps help citizens interact with their government? And what apps does your agency need?

In 2012, President Obama's digital government plan ordered federal agencies to create at least two mobile apps. A lot has happened since then, at all levels of government.

More than 90 percent of American adults own a cell phone, and most of those are smartphones. Mobile apps—programs designed to work on mobile devices—were first introduced commercially in 2008 and were an imme