Slides on App Contests & Challenges for EPA Webinar
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The document discusses the history and development of government apps contests. It notes that around 2008, a new movement for collaborative innovation in open government began with various apps contests. By 2011, the America COMPETES Act allowed all government agencies to host challenges. However, it suggests that future contests should focus on building community and addressing sustainability issues rather than just producing apps. It also identifies key issues for open government data such as timeliness, accuracy, and incomplete data sets. The document provides next steps and contact information for an EPA webinar on apps contests.
Slides on App Contests & Challenges for EPA Webinar
- 1. A long(itude) history of contests and challenges 1
- 2. Apps Contests and the passage of the America COMPETES ActA new movement for collaborative innovation in open government starts in 2008 in DCAround the world, apps contests are unlocking government innovationIn 2011, the America COMPETES Act allows all agencies to host challenges8/11/11U.S. Environmental Protection Agency2
- 3. Key issue for “App Contests 2.0”Build community, not just appsMove from cool to usefulAddress sustainability issuesIdentify problems to solve8/11/11U.S. Environmental Protection Agency3
- 4. Key issues for open government data2010 open data survey showed progress but a long road still aheadDevelopers say only 30% of data needed is available, 50% of that unusableIssues: data timeliness, accuracy, usable formats, metadata schemas, consistency, and incomplete data sets8/11/11U.S. Environmental Protection Agency4
- 5. Next StepsPost this webinar on EPA’s sitewww.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment/webinar.htmlContinue the conversation on our blog at http://blog.epa.gov/data/Submit your apps by September 164
- 6. For more information6Alex Howard, O’Reilly Media
- 8. Jeremy Carbaugh, Sunlight Foundation
- 12. Ethan McMahon, U.S. EPA
- 14. Apps for the Environment: epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment