http://projects.metafilter.com/2044/Apps-for-America-2009/ Comments on MetaFilter Projects post Apps for America, 2009 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://projects.metafilter.com/2044/Apps-for-America-2009 The non-partisan nonprofit <a href="http://www.sunlightfoundation.com">Sunlight Foundation</a>/<a href="http://www.sunlightlabs.com">Sunlight Labs</a> recently <a href="http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/04/20/and-the-winners-are/">announced</a> the winning <a href="http://sunlightlabs.com/appsforamerica/">Apps for America</a> entries, including <a href="http://filibusted.us/">Filibusted</a> (First Place for $15,000), <a href="http://legistalker.org/">Legistalker</a> (Second Place for $5,000), <a href="http://know-thy-congressman.com/">Know Thy Congressman</a>, <a href="http://hellocongress.org/">Hello Congress</a>, <a href="http://e-papertrail.com/">e-Paper Trail</a>, and <a href="http://sunlightlabs.com/appsforamerica/apps/">many more</a> (16 winners, 40+ entries).<br /><br />All apps are open source and make use of at least one of the required APIs, which included the <a href="http://services.sunlightlabs.com/api/">Sunlight Labs API </a>, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/action/apis.php">OpenSecrets.org API</a>, <a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/services/">FollowTheMoney.org API</a>, and <a href="http://www.capitolwords.org/api/">Capitol Words API</a>. post:projects.metafilter.com,2009:site.2044 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:50:09 -0800 sunlightfoundation