Sunlight Labs Offers $25,000 For Data.gov Apps

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday May 22, 2009 @08:28AM from the long-way-to-go-to-make-the-government-up-to-date dept.

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."

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I can hear the ads now by Locke2005 · 2009-05-22 08:36 · Score: 5, Funny

"Wanna find the targets in the US most vulnerable to terrorist attack? There's an app for that!"

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I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Horoscope Prover by Laxori666 · 2009-05-22 09:08 · Score: 3, Interesting

There is divorce data. There is also birthday data. The astrologists also tell us which zodiac signs go together. This'd be a prime way to statistically prove or disprove their claims: see if divorce rates are higher between mismatched zodiacs.