Case Study:
Apps for Democracy Community Initiative
In the fall of 2008, the Washington, D.C., Office of the Chief Technology Officer asked iStrategyLabs how it could make DC.gov’s Data Catalog useful for the citizens, visitors, businesses, and government agencies. The Data Catalog provides citizens with access to 431 datasets from multiple agencies, featuring real-time crime data feeds, school test scores, and poverty indicators, and is the most comprehensive public data source in the world. The solution was the creation of Apps for Democracy, a contest that had cost $50,000 and returned 47 iPhone, Facebook, and web applications with an estimated value of $2,600,000 to the city. Apps for Democracy Community Initiative The Apps for Democracy contest challenges citizens to make open source applications that can access any of the data sets held by the government. The 2009 winning entry was an iPhone program in which users can submit 311 service requests to the district government. The application also interfaces with Facebook. Sources: Compiled from Data Catalog and Website-Apps for Democracy.
Q1. Visit the Website-Data Catalog.
Q2. What value does it provide citizens?
Your answer must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format and also include references.