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DataMasher: Get Freakonomic On Government Data

Source: ReadWriteWeb

Sep 10, 2009

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If you're a lobbyist / advocate, conspiracy theorist or Freakonomics fan, then you'll love DataMasher. The map-based mash up site just took the Sunlight Foundation's $10,000 grand prize in theApps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge. DataMasher offers users with no programming experience a chance to compare government data sets on a state-by-state basis. The tool is just one of the 3rd party mash ups using Data.gov's federal government information.

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While the last Apps for America challenge focused on Congressional tracking, this new challenge encouraged participants to use Data.gov's raw machine-readable data. Developers pulled stats from a slew of Federal agencies including the Bureau of Justice, the Bureau of Transportation and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Although this may seem like an easy feat, a number of government and semi-public agencies have been criticized for refusing to standardize public data. This recent Apps for America challenge is meant to encourage government transparency on all levels for the purpose of creating

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