News ReleaseForum One's DataMasher Receives First Place in 'Apps for America 2' ContestSeptember 9, 2009
Forum One was presented the award and the $10,000 first place prize at the O'Reilly Media's Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase on Sept. 8. Datamasher.org enables anyone to "mash-up" two sets of data representing information about U.S. states to create a custom marker. The site's data is drawn from Data.gov as well as other federal web sites and related sources. Mashups are displayed on a state-by-state map or in a table format, which enables users to examine state markers and make quick comparisons between states. Visitors may create their own indicators, leave comments on existing indicators, share indicators on various social media sites, and vote for their favorites. "I'm proud of our team and also honored to have been chosen over so many other great applications," said Forum One's President and CEO Chris Wolz. "What is great about Datamasher is that it gets people exploring and goofing around with government data sets. Who would have thought that was even possible?" This is the second Apps for American contest and the second time that Forum One has placed in the top three finalists. In the first contest, Forum One's Legistalker application was awarded second place. Legistalker provides real time tracking of their legislators' activities on social web sites, in the news, and on the Capitol floor in real time. A panel of expert judges choose the top three finalists based on their long-term usability, visual design, and ability to provide citizens with greater access to publicly available, but previously inaccessible, information. Judges included Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media; Chris DiBona, Google; Clay Johnson, Sunlight Labs; Allyson Kapin, Women Who Tech; and Cyrus Krohn, Microsoft. Once the panel selected the top three finalists, voting was opened to the public to choose the winner August 24 through September 8. Forum One staff plan to expand DataMasher's capabilities and add features such as regression modeling, additional data visualizations, and RSS feeds. About Forum One Forum One Communications is a web strategy and development firm based in Alexandria, Va. Since 1996, Forum One has helped hundreds of organizations use internet technology to solve the world's most pressing problems. Related Blog Posts
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