WASHINGTON,
May 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday issued an executive
order requiring government agencies to make services available via mobile
phones, as part of a larger effort to shift to a more "future-ready,"
mobile approach.
Under the
new order, each federal agency will be required to make two "key
government services" available on mobile devices within the next 12
months. Steven VanRoekel, Obama's chief information officer, will be in charge
of implementing the new directive.
"Americans
deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any
device," Obama said in a statement. "By making important services
accessible from your phone and sharing government data with entrepreneurs, we
are giving hard-working families and businesses tools that will help them
succeed."
The
administration is also working to make government data more easily accessible
to the public to spur entrepreneurs to create new services and mobile apps,
ultimately boosting job creation.
"We're
living in an increasingly mobile world and it is critical that the federal
government keep up with the way the American people do business," Obama
said.
Mobile is
rapidly becoming the platform of choice for Americans; it is now anticipated
that by 2015 more people will be accessing the Internet via mobile phones than
via traditional desktop computers.
Obama also
announced the start of a new program that will bring outside innovators into
government for "tours of duty" as Presidential Innovation Fellows.
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park will oversee the program, which will
begin with the aim to make consumer-friendly government information about
health, education, energy, safety and personal finance more accessible to all
Americans.
These two
initiatives are part of the administration's more comprehensive digital road
map that's being announced Wednesday. The "Digital Government: Building a
21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People" strategy
requires agencies to set up websites to provide online resources for outside
developers, and make government information open and machine-readable by
default.
"Ultimately,
this strategy will ensure that agencies use emerging technologies to serve the
public as effectively as possible," Obama said. "As a government, and
as a trusted provider of services, we must never forget who our customers are
-- the American people."
Editor: Mu Xuequan
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