BigApps Idea Challenge: new iteration of New York City data and tech challenge

GovTech on a new iteration of New York City’s data challenges:

Have an idea for a mobile or Web application that would be useful for New York City, but you aren’t a programmer? If so, the New York City has the perfect apps contest for you: the NYC BigApps Idea Challenge. Launched by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) this week, the competition seeks new ideas for Web, desktop or mobile applications that benefit businesses, tourists and those living in the Big Apple.

NYC BigApps contest winners announced; Avencia not included

The biggest example to date of contest-driven technology submissions for making government better hasn’t gone Philadelphia’s way.

Callowhill-based GIS software firm Avencia was Philadelphia’s lone representative in software application contest NYC BigApps,  hosted by that city’ s government and aimed to foster more transparency and accountability. It didn’t turn out as they hoped.

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