I can’t belefe it. Did I really forget to blog about and share with you this amazing talk from Clay Johnson, Director of the Sunlight Labs about: Apps for America II. This talk was presented at the Gov2.0 Expo in September 2009 Make sure you watch it it if you haven’t.
Clay Johnson briefly runs through some of the more notable entries from the ‘Apps for America II’ development contest, all of which utilize information exclusively from Data.gov.
Among the awards offered was a $2500 prize for visualization, which aimed to encourage involvement from the artistic community. The winner of this prize, the Quakespotter Desktop app operates in conjunction with Google Earth and Twitter.com to match the location of an earthquake with mentions of the same earthquake on Twitter.
Johnson argues that this effort shows how over 1000 developers can make helpful, creative and retail use of the data collected wholesale by governments. Additional entries he highlights include usaspending.gov, flyontime.us, thisweknow.org and datamasher.org.
More about the Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge here.
This is a good moment to mention the upcoming next gov2.0 expo from 25. to 27 May 2010 in Washington DC, USA. See the full program here. Here is a preview of the panels Clay will be involved in:
Truly Open Data
Truly Open Data means going beyond putting a CSV file on the Internet. It means being responsible for what you put out in ways that government isn’t used to doing – and it means developing new lines of communications with the public. This workshop will give examples of how to publish data, how to maintain it, and how to handle it when things go wrong. Read more.
Sunlight Foundation Contest Winners
Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs, will be announcing winners from the Sunlight Foundation’s newest contest. Previous contests, Apps for America and Apps for America the Data.gov edition, have spurred a community of “hactivists” or civically-minded technologists to show off what they can do for their country. Read more.
What is the future of technology, open data, and citizen collaboration? How does enterprise view its role in the open government community and within government? Hear from IBM, Adobe, and Microsoft about how each company works with local and federal governments, building a sustainable network, as well as the business of facilitating open government. Read more.
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