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Sorry to leak the news, but big winner in Apps for Democracy contest is..
By WDavidStephenson | November 13, 2008
… us — all of us.
If you haven’t been following it, the District of Columbia’s Apps for Democracy competition was created by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer to solicit open source apps to capitalize on the ever-growing range of structured data feeds that DC issues through its Citywide Data Warehouse, many of them released on a real-time basis.
The judging is going on as I write (you can, and should, vote right now for the “people’s choice” award), and the ceremony will be held tonight (definitely an example of “Internet Time” — everything about this competition is at warp speed).
Whomever receives the actual cash awards, you and I are already winners, because many of these apps are already available for you to use, whether you’re a DC resident or visitor, and they are sure to spawn innovative new variations and/or copies for use in other areas (oh dear: a variation won’t work in your community because it doesn’t release the data streams necessary to power the apps? don’t you think you should make a call to city hall today to demand that they do so? That’s right).
So check out the Apps for Democracy, download the ones you like (especially the iPhone ones: man, am I counting the days until Feb. 18, when I can get one under my AT & T contract!), and pressure your local pols to follow DC’s lead.
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