New Season, New Delaware Fresh Data

November 19th, 2012

Delaware Fresh AppWith the holiday season gearing up, the Delaware Fresh app has been updated with listings of Delaware farms that sell Delaware firs, spruces and pines. The app, a smartphone tool to help connect consumers with the freshest Delaware agricultural products, lists farms and farm markets with fall and winter produce as well as those selling Christmas trees.

Delaware Fresh is available for iPhones and Android phones and is listed in the apps.delaware.gov directory. It is one of a growing collection of smartphone apps and mobile-enhanced web sites available from Delaware.gov.

The updated farm market data is also available on the data.delaware.gov Open Data Portal, which includes links to a variety of open data sets published by Delaware’s state government.

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DelDOT Adds an App (Updated)

November 16th, 2012

An icon for DelDOT's traffic appThe folks at the Department of Transportation have unveiled an Android app, just in time for the first round of Holiday traffic for the season. The new app, available in the Google Play store and the Apple iPhone store, is also linked from apps.delaware.gov. It includes the latest news, events, traffic, and travel information.

The app gives users access to:

  • Traffic camera views
  • Advisories for accidents and other incidents on the roadways
  • Travel delay information
  • The latest average speeds
  • Virtual Travel Times
  • Lane restrictions and road closures
  • Red Light Enforcement camera locations
  • Roadway Weather information

The app will also let users listen to WTMC, DelDOT’s travel information radio station.

An iPhone version of the app will be available soon for download from the Apple Store.

It goes without saying, of course, that you won’t use this app while actually driving.

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Get Your Election Results on Your Smartphone!

November 6th, 2012

Results ButtonThe polls have closed and the staff at elections offices are overseeing the counting of the votes we cast today. This year, Delawareans on the go can track election results on their smartphones and tablets using a mobile-friendly Elections Results application found at de.gov/2012results.

The new application is built using HTML5 tools that make it easy to use on smartphones and tablets. The smartphone Election Results app reads the same data as the election results page on the web site of the Delaware Commissioner of Elections. It is also viewable on a standard web browser. Non-smartphone mobile users can check election results on a text-only mobile results page.

The smartphone Election Results app has been added to the collection of smartphone applications offered at apps.delaware.gov.

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Today, We Vote

November 6th, 2012

An image that encourages us to votePolling places in Delaware are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. today. Voting is at the very heart of our democracy; at delaware.gov, we strive to help the Commissioner of Elections make voting easier for all Delawareans.

The Voter Resources page is focused on tools that help voters find out where to vote and preview who is on their ballots:

The Elections web site also provides:

And, when the voting is done, a new smartphone-friendly Election Results application will keep voters up to date on the latest vote count in Delaware. The Election Results app is available at apps.delaware.gov or directly at de.gov/2012results.

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Some Early Thoughts on Hurricane Sandy Response

November 2nd, 2012

Many people were busy serving their neighbors during the passage of Hurricane/Frankenstorm/Superstorm Sandy the past week. Governor Markell, himself a busy, busy man during the storm, dedicated his weekly message this week to thanking Delawareans for pulling together and helping each other to get through the storm.

The folks at the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) haven’t yet totaled up the numbers (they are still helping people recover), but reports in local media give a sense of the magnitude of the response. Local NPR station WDDE reports that the DEMA storm hotline responded to over 6,800 calls over a 3-day period. The state’s seven shelters gave refuge to 883 evacuees during the storm.

image from facebook stats pageHere at GIC, we’ve been looking at the logs and we saw a 10-fold increase in hits on the delaware.gov portal during the storm. The delaware.gov facebook page saw a 13-fold increase in what facebook calls “total reach.”

Governor Markell and the emergency managers at the state and local levels all made a conscious decision to take full advantage of social media for communication with the public during the storm. As we found after Hurricane Irene, last year, the public seems to have responded favorably.

So, what was the posting on the delaware.gov facebook page that showed the most “reach?” It was a simple listing of emergency contact numbers at the state and local emergency operations centers.

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A New App: Professional License Lookup

October 25th, 2012

QR Code link to the Professional License SearchThe Division of Professional Regulation has released a new mobile Professional License Search tool to allow Delawareans to review the license status of doctors, accountants, realtors, plumbers, cosmetologists, and many other professionals directly from their smartphones. The new search tool is a free mobile application that allows users to search Division of Professional Regulation records by name, license number, license type, or location.

The application is available on any mobile or desktop platform. It can be accessed at egov.delaware.gov/pls or at the State of Delaware mobile applications site, apps.delaware.gov.

The new app is a part of Delaware’s eGovernment initiative, which seeks to make it easier for Delawareans to interact with their government.

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New Page: Voter Resources

October 22nd, 2012

Polling Places IconA new “topic” page has been added to the delaware.gov portal. The Voter Resources page offers a listing of links and services related to voting in Delaware.

With the general election only a few weeks away, the Voter Resources page presently features a search tool to determine which polling place is your polling place for this election, an on-line polling place map locator and a link to download a smartphone polling place map locator.

Other sections of the new topic page offer general voter information, information on absentee ballots, voter registration information, and links to Delaware’s elections offices.

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Another Smartphone Platform Added to Delaware’s Apps

October 4th, 2012

Screen shot of the driver's test applicationThe Delaware Driver License Practice Test app is now available on the Windows Phone 7 platform, along with the Android and iPhone versions released last year. All three versions are found at apps.delaware.gov.

The practice test, produced as an eGovernment project for the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV),  is a free and convenient tool to prepare future drivers for the written test required to obtain a Delaware driver license. It has been praised by driving instructors and students and has proven popular as a learning tool for  Delaware’s Spanish-speaking community.

DMV Director Jennifer Cohan points out that, while the app is designed to provide the necessary foundation for novice drivers to meet their new responsibilities, it is also useful as a refresher on the rules of the road for drivers in general.

“Mobile Applications are the next level in providing quality customer service to Delaware drivers,” Ms. Cohan adds. “It’s my expectation that the driver license practice test will be just the first of many DMV mobile apps.”

For those without access to mobile apps, an online version of the practice test can be accessed through the DMV’s website, www.dmv.de.gov.

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Never Miss Another App Update From Delaware.Gov

October 1st, 2012

Icon for a Delaware AppDelaware’s state agencies are moving into the world of smartphone apps and mobile-friendly web sites. The state is adding new eGovernment apps on a regular basis. It would be a shame to miss one just because you failed to stop by apps.delaware.gov one day when a new app came out.

You don’t have to miss out. The Delaware Government Information Center has created a simple, elegant e-mail list for eGov and smartphone app announcements. The Delaware_Apps list will offer information, when you need it, about new apps and eGov offerings from around the state government.

Signing up is simple and fast. The list will never spam you and your e-mal address will never be shared beyond the (virtual) four walls of the list. You have our word.

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A New App For Reporting Suspicious Activities

September 20th, 2012

Screen shot of the Force 1-2 AppThe Delaware Information and Analysis Center (DIAC) has released a new app (PDF) that allows citizens to report suspicious activities using their smartphones. The Anti-Terrorism Mobile FORCE 1-2 App, available from apps.delaware.gov, allows citizens to report a variety of details to authorities, including location and photographs.

The new app is a mobile version of the DIAC’s successful Force 1-2 anti-terrorism telephone and website-based reporting system, part of the DIAC’s effort to help protect the State by facilitating communication between state, local, and federal agencies.

The app was developed by Delaware Interactive, a Delaware subsidiary of NIC USA and a part of the Delaware eGovernment partnership set up to improve the connection between Delawareans and their government.

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