17 Killer Mashups for Taking Control of Your Government

This is an excellent way that government can create an incentive for private social entrepreneurs to create technology to serve the public. Check out some of these applications, maybe you would like this technology for your community? Great article.

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Government is increasingly putting much of its public records online, creating opportunities for developers to build useful applications for citizens. From being alerted to neighborhood crime to finding the best mass transit routes, these mashups are helping solve everyday problems.

Recently, the Washington DC government launched the Apps for Democracy contest to encourage developers to build applications using its data. Today, the winners were announced, and below, we take a closer look at 17 of them.

Let us know which are your favorites and which you’d like to see in your city.

17 Killer Mashups for Taking Control of Your Government

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