Sunlight Labs Offers $25,000 For Data.gov Apps 59
Andurin writes "With the launch of Data.gov, Sunlight Labs is offering $25,000 in prize money for developers who create apps that use newly-released federal government data. Data.gov is paving the way for citizens to become more engaged with their government, by providing for the first-time a clearinghouse of federal data in developer-friendly formats. The Apps for America 2 contest aims to find the best applications that rely on Data.gov, whether it be a client application, an iPhone app, or data visualization. Also, the first, second and third prize winners will receive airfare and hotel placement for a trip to Washington DC. While in Washington, DC, they'll attend an awards ceremony at the Gov2.0 Summit by O'Reilly Media and TechWeb."
Notice the first app... (Score:3, Interesting)
...'FBI Most Wanted' Concentration [thatsaspicymeatball.com]. Pretty clever!
Propoganda at its finest (Score:1, Interesting)
Horoscope Prover (Score:3, Interesting)
What about the opportunity to learn something new? (Score:2, Interesting)
Now this competition is a bit more structured and has much less of a "fun" factor, but it still is a good incentive to look at the data that is available and try and think of new ways to visualize or use it.