Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 8, 2009

The contest is open to people who reside in one of the 50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico 40

Puerto Rico District of Columbia Hawaii Change 40

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Speakers came from Stephenson Strategies, DC government, NPR, and the Sunlight Foundation. Spawned by exaggerated fears, governments and content publishers distrusted their constituents or audiences and would only release information once it had been filtered, cleansed, or massaged. government to run a “ Show Us a Better Way ” contest.

District of Columbia 52

District of Columbia Management API DC 52

Forum One

MARCH 23, 2009

The District of Columbia, for example, boasts one of the highest insurance rates in the country, but two thirds of its residents rely on Medicaid and finding and getting an appointment with a doctor who takes Medicaid can seem more difficult than winning a radio contest. Underprivileged families face additional challenges.

District of Columbia 52

District of Columbia Feeds Project Data 52

Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

The event convened almost 300 passionate people, all coming together for a common goal: to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent, accountable and meaningfully accessible to the public. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people interested or involved in local open government projects.

Government 64

Government Local District of Columbia San Francisco 64