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Apps for Democracy Citizen Insights Summary

2009 May 28th
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Wordle Cloud of Insights Submitted to Apps for Democracy Community Edition

Three short weeks ago, we announced Apps for Democracy “Community Edition” with the intention of using the month of May as an insights collection period that would inform our technology development period in June.  We’ve been using online and offline methods to gather input from as many citizens as possible. Last Sunday was “Social Citizen Sunday” where neighbors were encouraged to talk to one another about the problems and ideas they have that can be addressed through better technology.

Here are some statistics related to the ‘insights portal‘ we setup using Uservoice:

-112 insights submitted in the first 7 days

-232 total insights

-1,086 total voters

-5,308 total votes

These insights will be summarized into a “Citizen Driven Technology Requirements” document that will be shared with developers who’ll be competing to build the best community platform for DC with integration of the city’s Open 311 API - the first of it’s kind in the country. If you’re haven’t signed up yet to compete for the $34,000 in potential prizes, please do so here.

A full summary of these insights is here:
Apps for Democracy Insights Summary

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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.

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