Recovery.gov Wins Government Mobile App of the Year
Last week, Recovery.gov was honored at the annual GOVTek Awards ceremony with the award for Government Mobile App of the Year.
The other nominees:
- IRS2GO App (IRS)
- MeAnderthal App (Smithsonian)
- Most Wanted App (FBI)
- MyTSA App (Transportation Security Administration)
- White House App (White House)
Sponsored by the Government Technology Research Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and success of the government IT community, the annual GOVTek Awards celebrate “government and industry IT leaders whose vision, innovation and remarkable accomplishments…have improved the way government delivers services, interacts with citizens, shares information, and protects its national assets,” GTRA’s website says.
The 2012 awards, announced February 2, honored achievements in 2011.
The Recovery.gov Mobile App allows you to see on your iPhone how Recovery funds are being spent in the nation or in your city or state.
Recovery Funds PTSD App “iHeal”
The National Institutes for Health has awarded two Recovery Act grants totaling $1 million to support scientific research to develop a new mobile application called “iHeal.” Scientists at the University of Massachusetts-Worcester and the Massachusetts Institute for Technology are testing an app that responds immediately to physiological changes in a person suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or substance abuse and proposes an appropriate intervention. Researchers say the technology would recognize “stressors that threaten a patient’s recovery and then [deliver] evidence-based interventions exactly at the moment of greatest need.”
If you think this app sounds pretty intelligent, it is! Learn how iHeal will work by visiting the HHS Recovery Site.
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