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    "title" : "Trends on Tuesday: Providing Anytime, Anywhere Government Through Mobile App Competitions |Digital.gov",
    "description": "Trends on Tuesday: Providing Anytime, Anywhere Government Through Mobile App Competitions",
    "home_page_url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/","feed_url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/29/trends-on-tuesday-providing-anytime-anywhere-government-through-mobile-app-competitions/index.json","item" : [
    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: Providing Anytime, Anywhere Government Through Mobile App Competitions","summary" : "Agencies have used an open data competition approach in their quest to provide anytime, anywhere government. For example, in 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted the Apps for the Environment challenge and has a hub for apps created using EPA data. Here’s an update on challenges hosted by other agencies: The National Institute of Standards","date" : "2015-12-29T10:30:40-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-29-trends-on-tuesday-providing-anytime-anywhere-government-through-mobile-app-competitions.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/12/2015-12-29-trends-on-tuesday-providing-anytime-anywhere-government-through-mobile-app-competitions.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-providing-anytime-anywhere-government-through-mobile-app-competitions","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/29/trends-on-tuesday-providing-anytime-anywhere-government-through-mobile-app-competitions/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eAgencies have used an \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/08/13/nist-hosts-reference-data-challenge-to-create-mobile-apps/\"\u003eopen data competition approach\u003c/a\u003e in their quest to provide \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/07/is-your-agency-winning-its-mobile-moments/\"\u003eanytime, anywhere government\u003c/a\u003e. For example, in 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted the \u003ca href=\"http://developer.epa.gov/apps-for-the-environment-lessons-learned/\"\u003eApps for the Environment challenge\u003c/a\u003e and has a \u003ca href=\"http://developer.epa.gov/category/apps/\"\u003ehub for apps created\u003c/a\u003e using EPA data. \u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/09/600-x-400-Businessman-Fighting-Bplanet-iStock-Thinkstock-181596463.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Fighting businessmen\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s an update on challenges hosted by other agencies:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), hosted a nationwide \u003ca href=\"http://nistdata.devpost.com/\"\u003eReference Data Challenge\u003c/a\u003e to create mobile apps through Devpost. The concept behind \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/08/13/nist-hosts-reference-data-challenge-to-create-mobile-apps/\"\u003ethis challenge\u003c/a\u003e was that developers could help scientists and engineers through organizing data.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/12/250-x-444-Meru-Lab-Reference-Element-Info-screen-on-the-Android-app.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Meru Lab Reference\u0026#39;s Element Info screen on the Android app.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\nThey awarded a total value of $45,000 to three challenge winners.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://devpost.com/software/chembook-5p7kxd\"\u003eChemBook App\u003c/a\u003e holds details and properties on elements and compounds.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://devpost.com/software/labpal\"\u003eLabPal App\u003c/a\u003e combined four different NIST datasets to assist anyone involved in the fields of chemistry, engineering, or physics.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://devpost.com/software/meru-lab-reference\"\u003eMeru Lab Reference App\u003c/a\u003e allows users to view up-to-date chemical species with the help of near field communication (NFC).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn November, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced a new competition, \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/11/03/2015-27939/national-institutes-of-health-national-institute-on-drug-abuse-nida-announcement-of-requirements-and\"\u003eAddiction Research: There’s an App for that\u003c/a\u003e to see how mobile apps can affect future addiction studies.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNIDA is requiring all apps be created using \u003ca href=\"http://www.apple.com/researchkit/\"\u003eApple Inc.’s ResearchKit\u003c/a\u003e, which is designed specifically for biomedical and health research. For the challenge, NIDA encourages addiction researchers to collaborate with developers and engineers to create a winning research app.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe competition runs until April 29, 2016, and the winning app will be announced in August 2016. Three prizes may be awarded: $50,000 for 1st place; $30,000 for 2nd place; and $20,000 for 3rd place—for a total prize award pool of up to $100,000.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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