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    {"title" :"What\u0026#8217;s Happening with the Internet of Things?","summary" : "No Mobile Gov Month on DigitalGov would be complete without an update on the Internet of Things. Regardless if you’re talking wearables, smart homes, sensors or any other connected device, your current mobile approaches will be impacted—as will your social media, user experience and data strategies. When we last visited the topic in April, discussion","date" : "2014-10-31T12:32:33-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-31-whats-happening-with-the-internet-of-things.md","slug" : "whats-happening-with-the-internet-of-things","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/31/whats-happening-with-the-internet-of-things/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/10/600-x-450-Image-of-tablet-with-city-urfinguss-iStock-Thinkstock-456860415.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Image of tablet with city\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/20/welcome-to-mobilegov-month-on-digitalgov/\" title=\"Welcome to Mobile Gov Month on DigitalGov\"\u003eMobile Gov Month on DigitalGov\u003c/a\u003e would be complete without an update on the Internet of Things.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegardless if you’re talking wearables, smart homes, sensors or any other connected device, your current mobile approaches will be impacted—as will your social media, user experience and data strategies. When \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/04/08/tell-us-your-internet-of-things-challenges/\" title=\"Tell Us Your Internet of Things Challenges\"\u003ewe last visited the topic in April\u003c/a\u003e, discussion in the federal government was minimal.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s no longer the case.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust this month there were multiple panels about it at the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.state.gov/stories/2014/10/16/mobile-diplomacy-state?utm_source=Dipnote\"\u003eTech-In-State: Mobile Diplomacy\u003c/a\u003e event and the Federal Trade Commision (FTC) was very active at the \u003ca href=\"http://eu-ems.com/summary.asp?event_id=221\u0026amp;page_id=1904\"\u003e2nd Annual Internet of Things Global Summit\u003c/a\u003e where FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez gave a keynote about challenges around IOT. Ramirez spoke about challenges around \u003ca href=\"http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/live-blogging-from-iot-global-summit/\"\u003esecurity, consumer privacy and advanced data\u003c/a\u003e analytics, which are hot areas in the IOT.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYesterday, Jordan Higgins of the Defense Intelligence Agency and Federal SocialGov Community published a great article on the current state of Internet of Things and \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/30/cyber-house-of-horrors/\" title=\"Beware the Cyber Security House of Horrors!\"\u003ehighlighted issues around security and privacy and offered some ways users can protect their data\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePanelists at the events I mentioned above noted as we move forward we’re going to need to think in broader terms about user experience, specifically around the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_story\"\u003euser story\u003c/a\u003e. A good user experience will be one that seamlessly organizes numerous connected devices and sensors.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can see some of this user experience rethinking internationally where municipalities are adopting the “smart city” approach—see \u003ca href=\"http://eu-smartcities.eu/\"\u003eBarcelona and Bern\u003c/a\u003e. In the U.S., the \u003ca href=\"http://smartamerica.org/\"\u003eSmart America\u003c/a\u003e challenge, hosted by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nist.gov/el/smartamerica.cfm\"\u003eNational Institute of Standards and Technology,\u003c/a\u003e culminated in an Expo that included demonstrations of smart cars and other Internet of Things prototypes that rely on a number of connected devices interacting with each other.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most comprehensive example of an IOT implementation in the federal government (funded by the Department of Transportation) is the \u003ca href=\"http://sfpark.org/\"\u003eSF Park pilot\u003c/a\u003e where sensors were put on parking meters in certain areas of downtown San Francisco for more than a year. With a smartphone app users were able to find parking spaces (parking prices also changed based on availability).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco found that average parking rates were lower, it was easier to find a parking spaces and overall parking availability improved (\u003ca href=\"http://sfpark.org/about-the-project/pilot-evaluation/\"\u003esee full evaluation here\u003c/a\u003e). What the pilot didn’t do is allow users to pay for parking via smartphone. Future iterations could even leverage technology in a user’s car to find and pay for parking to make the user experience more seamless.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmart Rome won’t be built in a day—Internet of Things implementations will be iterative. As one panelist at the Internet of Things Global Summit noted, it’s like we are back in 1900 talking about the impact of the automobile. We know we are dealing with a game-changing technology, but we’re not sure how it’s going to affect us and how it will play out.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best way to stay connected is to discuss these challenges and work together. Join the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/social-media/\" title=\"Social Media\"\u003eSocialGov Commmunity\u003c/a\u003e. Get involved with discussions around \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/challenges-prizes/\" title=\"Challenges \u0026amp; Prizes Community\"\u003ecompetitions and prizes\u003c/a\u003e. Become a \u003ca href=\"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/ask?tags=data.gov\"\u003edata expert\u003c/a\u003e. Stay involved in the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/user-experience/\" title=\"Federal User Experience Community\"\u003eUser Experience community\u003c/a\u003e and, of course, join my \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/\" title=\"Mobile\"\u003eMobileGov Community of Practice\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’ll take a village to build a smart village. Let’s do this!\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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