Description

The Apps for Democracy contest featured 60 cash prizes from $2000 to $100 dollars for a total of $20,000 in prizes. Developers and designers competed to create web applications, widgets, Google Maps mash-ups, iPhone apps, Facebook apps, and other digital utilities that visualize OCTO’s Data Catalog (http://data.octo.dc.gov), which provides real-time data from multiple agencies to citizens — a catalyst ensuring agencies operate as more responsive, better performing organizations.

47 apps were created, representing $2,000,000 in value for DC.gov, and at a cost of $50,000 the program represented a 4000% return on investment.