Tech Brief: The future of mobile innovation in federal government

In the U.S., rapid advances in mobile technology and 5G networks are expanding the scope of mobile capabilities. Even those countries without fiber optic networks are leapfrogging technologies by expanding wireless infrastructure. In federal agencies at home and field offices abroad, these developments show promise for innovative ways to use mobile devices in meeting agency objectives. Officials from federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies pointed to recent advances in immersive training, workforce productivity and security as just some of the ways agencies can expect to build on the transformative nature of mobile technologies. “The government has to not only be able to modernize in an instant, it has to be able to continually, incrementally modernize itself on an ongoing basis,” noted Matt Lira, special assistant for innovation policy and initiatives at the Office of American Innovation in the Executive Office of the President. Lira’s comments, and those from other government […]

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