Week 16: Technology

President Obama is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. Part of President Obama’s Open Government Initiative is to improve access to Federal data and expand creative use of data beyond the walls of government by encouraging innovative ideas from the public. These Champions of Change are individuals, groups or companies who are causing a data revolution by developing applications using open government data to create unique benefits to our citizens and communities. These applications vary widely in scope, from navigating complicated zoning ordinances to informing parents of child-friendly destinations to helping asthma patients track the use of their medication. Join us in honoring these Champions.

Dave Augustine

Dave Augustine is one of the developers that have taken the Federal Register, the daily newspaper of the U.S. Government originally created in 1935 that compiles new and proposed policies, regulations and public meeting notices, and created Fed Register v 2.0.

Leigh Budlong

Apps for Californians winner ZonabilitySF is an iPhone app for helping San Francisco homebuyers, renters, remodelers and others answer zoning questions about various properties.

Bob Burbach

Bob Burbach is one of the developers that have taken the Federal Register, the daily newspaper of the U.S. Government originally created in 1935 that compiles new and proposed policies, regulations and public meeting notices, and created Fed Register v 2.0.

Andrew Carpenter

Andrew Carpenter is one of the developers that have taken the Federal Register, the daily newspaper of the U.S. Government originally created in 1935 that compiles new and proposed policies, regulations and public meeting notices, and created Fed Register v 2.0.

David Emory

David Emory is one of two developers who caught the attention of the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Portland (TriMet) when the agency wanted a new public transit trip-planner.

Savita Farooqui

Apps for Californians-winner California Cage Fight was an app submitted by SymSoft Solutions, a 15-employee Web development and integration firm that has built up an impressive roster of state and local agency clients in California.

Brian Ferris

Brian Ferris is one of two developers who caught the attention of the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Portland (TriMet) when the agency wanted a new public transit trip-planner.

Omar Haroun

Omar Haroun along with Aaron Royston placed second in New York City’s Big Apps 2.0 Competition with Sportaneous, an app enabling New Yorkers to locate nearby public facilities for playing sports and planned game.

Waldo Jaquith

Jaquith, a Web site developer, political pundit and currently the Web Developer at The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, is an open government activist.

Randall Leeds

Randall Leeds is one of two developers that helped create an open source Social Services 211 system for the Portland, Oregon area.

Daniel X. O’Neil

Daniel O’Neil and Harper Reed have worked together on several noteworthy projects, including citypayments.org.

Michael Riedijk

Michael Riedijk is creator of YouTown, an app already attracting interest among several local governments.

Aaron Royston

Aaron Royston helped create Sportaneous, an app enabling New Yorkers to locate nearby public facilities for playing sports and planned games.

Jill Seman

Jill Seman created MomMaps to alleviate her frustration trying to find locations in the city where she could take her kids.

David Van Sickle

David Van Sickle is the co-founder and CEO of Reciprocal Labs, a company based out of Madison, Wisconsin, dedicated to developing new tools for public health and research.

Conor White Sullivan

Conor, an anthropology major at the University of Massachusetts, in 2008 founded Localocracy, with a belief that technology can change democracy.