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Finalists Chosen In Apps For America 2 Contest

Posted by kdawson on from the you-paid-for-the-data-might-as-well-mash-it-up dept.

Andurin writes "Sunlight Labs has announced three finalists for its $25,000 Apps for America 2 competition. Forty-seven apps were submitted, each relying on Data.gov and providing a useful spin on government data. This We Know compiles federal information on a local level; govpulse is a searchable version of the Federal Register; and DataMasher allows simple mashups of government data sets. Voting is now open to determine the winner in the contest."

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  1. America 2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So we're just giving up and rebooting already? I figured we had at least another 20 years.

  2. Re:App suggestion. by z-j-y · · Score: 2, Funny

    correction: *some Americans* voted for it, and *some Americans* are paying for it.

    it's like a group of rapists saying to the victim: *we* democratically and collectively decided to have a consensual sex, and you are responsible too!