Mobile Dialogue Update – Top 3 – Shared Services, BYOD, Info Assurance

Last week as we posted on GovLoop, Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel launched the call for feedback on the National Dialogue on Mobility Strategy.

A week later let’s look the top 3 most popular suggestions are:

–Develop a shared services catalogue

–Encourage Bring Your Own Device policies(see GL discussion thread on Bring Your Own Device)

–Mobile Information Assurance

My three other favorites are:

–Adopt html 5 – Do we even need apps? Can html 5 be the solution

–Focus on APIs and Web platforms – I think this is a big one. One piece I see missing in this dialogue is I think most people are assuming government will be building most of the government-related apps. I actually don’t think this is the case. Most of the mobile strategy should be executed by folks outside gov’t.

–Know the audience – Mobile is a unique platform and we need to make sure we know our audience and how they want to use the mobile device. Before running out and building mobile solutions, I think we need to spend more time on how people even want to consume and use mobile.

Make sure to vote, add an idea, leave your comments at National Dialogue on Mobility Strategy.