Apps for Democracy

Apps for Democracy Medal Winners

2008 November 13th
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“Apps for Democracy Medal Winners”

[...] is now closed after receiving 47 submissions in 30 days and a list of winning applications is available here. As one could expect there are a lot of mashup with maps, but it is interesting to browse some of [...]


[...] 2008 Filed under: geomashups, public health research | Tags: apps for democracy | Winners of the Apps for Democracy contest sponsored by DC’s OCTO and iStrategyLabs were announced today. Great participation by [...]


[...] November 13, 2008 at 4:31 pm · Filed under News Flash, Technology ·Tagged AppsForDemocracy, DC, PointAbout PointAbout was just notified by the Office of the CTO of Washington, DC and Mayor Fenty that we have won the Silver medal + 10 others for our AppsForDemocracy submissions.  You can find all the medal winners here. [...]


[...] weeks of hard planning, I’m sure that Peter Corbett of IStrategyLabs is glad to know that the Apps for Democracy was a huge success.  I’m glad that BOALT took home the agency 1st prize and was able to [...]


[...] can read about and try out all the winning entries by visiting the Apps for Democracy Medal Winners [...]


[...] We awarded all medals except the 5th Agency Bronze as we there was not a suitable entry [...]


[...] Μπορείτε να διαβάσετε περισσότερα για όλες τις εφαρμογές που κέρδισαν βραβεία εδώ. [...]


[...] Park It DC application took silver at the “Apps for Democracy” contest.  You can see a full list of winners here. addthis_url = [...]


[...] Check out all the winners here. [...]


[...] PointAbout was just notified by the Office of the CTO of Washington, DC and Mayor Fenty that we have won the Silver medal + 10 others for our AppsForDemocracy submissions.  You can find all the medal winners here. [...]


[...] out all the award winners, the application directory, and more about the next round of the [...]


[...] accountabilities—will innovate around the data far faster and more freely than government can.  Apps for Democracy in DC and “Show Us a Better Way” are showing us the way forward. [...]


[...] year’s medal winners can be found here, Apps for Democracy “Community Edition” Round 1 winners are here, and the Round 2 [...]


[...] An equally wise, and similarly bold move was Vivek’s initiative called Apps For Democracy.  This contest began with Vivek insuring that the DC government is being as open and transparent with data as possible, exposing data in a variety of common formats.  This was no simple task, requiring vision, perseverance, and a dedication to plow through city hall obstacles that only a motivated leader could tackle.  Vivek set the groundwork for success by working with a great thought leaders like Peter Corbett at iStrategyLabs and by coordinating with Internet enthusiasts like the crew at Mashable.  The Strategy Labs team created a proposal for this project and brought this project to life in six days!  created a page encouraging mashup entries, and the result was an incredible generation of capabilities that serve DC citizens and visitors to our Capital.   47 applications were created in a way that did not require long procurement processes or costly integration contracts.  What do the apps do?  Check them out yourself here: medal-winners [...]


Gov 2.0, D.C. Style

[...] contest last fall, a partnership of the D.C. Office of the CTO and iStrategyLabs, resulted in 47 applications that represent an estimated $2.3M worth of software development, with a cost in prizes of a modest [...]


[...] contest last fall, a partnership of the D.C. Office of the CTO and iStrategyLabs, resulted in 47 applications that represent an estimated $2.3M worth of software development, with a cost in prizes of a modest [...]


[...] contest last fall, a partnership of the D.C. Office of the CTO and iStrategyLabs, resulted in 47 applications that represent an estimated $2.3M worth of software development, with a cost in prizes of a modest [...]




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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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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.