White House launches federal digital strategy

The White House’s long-awaited Digital Strategy , released Wednesday, aims to ensure agencies manage mobile devices safely and affordably and to give citizens mobile access to everything from government websites and applications to raw survey and satellite data.

The strategy, titled “Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People,” gives the General Services Administration six months to stand up a governmentwide contract vehicle for mobile and wireless services, which Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said could save more than 10 percent off what the government currently spends for those services.