The Office of Personnel Management has awarded a contract to provide 50 iPad tablets for a new mobile testing center.
VideoTape Products Inc. of Burbank, Calif., will equip OPM with the iPads at a cost of $29,375 to help implement a mobile testing center for federal employees to complete exams. It's unclear what the mobile testing concept is, but I've contacted OPM in hopes of getting to the bottom of it.
OPM said it researched a variety of tablet computers available in the marketplace and determined the iPad2 was the optimal tablet for implementing officials' mobile testing concept. The most important factors in selecting the iPad2 were its battery life, screen shape, and display and user interface.
OPM said it plans to use the tablets exclusively for testing purposes.
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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