Government Business Council

A new survey suggests apps lose value and become costly if they perform slowly, fail altogether or are overwhelmed with users. But third-party monitoring could be the solution for to save money and ensure reliability of increasingly essential government agency apps.

The Government Business Council’s “Industry Insights” survey noted that agencies such as the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Veterans Affairs ran into trouble when apps were overwhelmed and shut down. Such instances, GBC notes, undermines the agency’s mission and public trust. Keep reading →

One adage federal agencies will no doubt be admonished to keep in mind amid current budget reductions is to work smarter, not harder.

That should be easier in some ways, given the vast amounts of operating information available to agencies. With information serving as the new currency in a fiscally-tightened federal economy, there is an increasing demand to obtain and utilize government data. Keep reading →