The first edition of Apps for Democracy yielded 47 web, iPhone and Facebook apps in 30 days - a $2,300,000 value to the city at a cost of $50,000 (all apps created are here). Our mission with "Community Edition" is two fold: to engage the populace of Washington, DC to ask for their input into the problems and ideas they have that can be addressed with technology and then to build the best community platform for submitting 311 service requests to the city. Submit your ideas and problems here!
Armed with insights from all corners of DC, we'll hold an innovation contest with $34,000 in potential prizes! Sign up to Build Apps for Democracy!
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"Apps for Democracy produced more savings for the D.C. government than any other initiative." -Vivek Kundra, Fmr CTO of DC.
The following guide has been provided in order to help governments and organizations around the world understand the ins and outs of how we’ve run Apps for Democracy contests over the past year+ and is structured in such a way that you’ll be able to start your own when the time comes.
If you need help, [...]
“I thank all the creative citizens and technologists who answered our call for innovative ideas and applications. With the help of these homegrown innovators, we’re engaging the community in government and building a digital democracy model for governments everywhere.” - District Interim CTO Chris Willey.
Today District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Interim [...]
UPDATED: The final round winner will be announced in early August. More soon!
The final round of Apps for Democracy “Community Edition” is now closed. Applications that were submitted will be judged the week of 7/6/2009 and an announcement of the final winner will be made the week of 7/13/2009.
Thank you to all participants thus far [...]
THE FINAL ROUND WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 7/14
App for Democracy “Community Edition” Round 2 just wrapped up and we’re excited to share the following results with you (Final Round submissions are due at Midnight on 7/1):
The $3,000 First Place prize goes to Shaun Farrell for vacantDC! which focuses on using DC Open 311 API [...]
If you missed the call this afternoon with Dmitry Kachaev, Director of Research & Development for DC’s Office of the CTO the following recording will give you further insight into Apps for Democracy “Community Edition” - especially with regard to the structure of DC’s Open 311 API:
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App for Democracy “Community Edition” Round 1 just wrapped up after our Open Code Jam at George Washington University last weekend and we’re excited to share the following results with you (Round 2 Submission are due June 21st at midnight):
The $3,000 First Place prize goes to Victor Shilo, Roman Zolin, and Andrey Andreev for their [...]
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The District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) which is responsible for DC technology infrastructure and provides a Data Catalog, which provides real-time data from multiple agencies to citizens - a catalyst ensuring agencies operate as more responsive, better performing organizations. Apps for Democracy participants will compete to visualize this data in a manner that is most useful for all.
iStrategyLabs is a digital agency focused on providing clients with interactive strategy, experiential marketing and content creation services. We've created Apps for Democracy to fulfill the DC Government's Office of the Chief Technology Officer's need for visualizing their Data Catalog for the benefit of citizens, visitors and businesses of DC. We hope this model for technology innovation can be adopted by other municipalities in order to strengthen their own technology communities by developing open source solutions for the good of all. Please contact Peter Corbett, CEO, iStrategyLabs with any questions regarding this contest, or to run one in your city.
