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"President Barack Obama has ordered all government agencies to offer more of their services in the form of mobile apps. \nA new memo called \"Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People\" requires each agency to make at least two services, used by the public, available on mobile devices within 12 months. \n\"For far too long, the American people have been forced to navigate a labyrinth of information across different Government programs in order to find the services they need,\" says the memo. \n\"Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device,\" Obama said in a statement.\nFurthermore, agencies are required to provide online resources for third party developers, and make their data open and machine-readable by default. \nFinally, agencies are required to create a page on their websites (URL format being www.[agency].gov/digitalstrategy) within 90 days and publicly report on progress in meeting these new requirements. \n\"The initiatives we're launching today will make government data resources even more accessible to the public and to entrepreneurs who can turn these data into services,\" said U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park.\nThe new White House directive is available (in PDF format) here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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