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The EPA's Apps for the Environment contest spurs innovation with 38 app submissions from developers, including 6 from students. Public and EPA staff contributed 96 app ideas. Public voting is underway, bringing awareness and benefit from these apps.
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Spurring Innovation with Environmental Data - Developers submitted 38 apps (6 from students) - Public and EPA staff contributed 96 ideas for apps - The public is aware of the apps (they’re voting now) - The public will benefit from these apps Jeff Tumarkin Office of Environmental Information U.S. Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment • “A contest on the U.S. government's Challenge.gov platform, Apps for the Environment, offers a trip to Washington, D.C. and a chance to meet EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson — I know! Get excited! — as grand prize. But that's not the interesting bit. The interesting bit is that the EPA has pulled out the stops to get developers to build applications using their data.” - SunlightLabs.com • “To its credit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made a public effort to learn about the issues surrounding app contests.” - Alex Howard, Radar.OReilly.com October 5, 2011
