Apps for Democracy

Press Recap + Photos and Videos

2008 October 20th
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We’re just getting the ball rolling here for the Apps for Democracy contest and here are some quick stats:

-There are 90 people RSVP’d to attend the awards ceremony.

-8 people have submitted initial apps, and the first one went live within 2 days of the contest opening. See it here.

Apps for Democracy Articles:

[Washington Post]

Apps for Democracy Blog Posts:

[Mashable]-[eCoComa]-[SocialTimes]-[East Coast Blogging]-[Free Gov Info]-[Public Health Mashup]-[High Earth Orbit]-[Diditz]

Apps for Democracy Videos and Photos:

Photos from the kick off happy hour are here and are courtesy of D.C. Huges.

From DC Piazza, Peter Corbett explaining #apps08:

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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.