Windows Phone 7 Federal Apps Contest Winners!
By Dan Kasun, Senior Director, US Public Sector Developer Evangelism In October, we launched the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Federal Application contest , encouraging developers, partners and hobbyists to submit Windows Phone applications for federal employees. It was a high bar, as developers not only had to come up with solutions that solve a specific federal need (i.e., for federal employees, federal agencies, or citizens in a federal scenario), but the application had to be deployed into production on the Windows Phone Marketplace as well. The response we received was incredible! 36 applications were submitted for review – all very high quality and targeting some very unique solutions. Of course, there can only be 10 winners, and this week the contest judges announced them – all of which will be featured on Zune Marketplace . This was a unique opportunity to tap into the incredible talents of our citizen developers, and they delivered, creating a great variety of applications that facilitate citizen engagement, increase transparency and improve access to government services. All of the applications are available to download from the Windows Marketplace right now – so feel free to check them out personally. We’d like to thank all of the developers who submitted applications – a marketplace rich with useful government-oriented solutions is good for everyone. For those who are considering writing an app with a “government” slant, make sure to check out the State and Local Windows Phone 7 Apps Contest which just got underway! Without further ado – here are the winners: Congress 411 – provides easy access to information for every member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Relief Central – includes the World Factbook from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Field Operations Guide from USAID, MEDLINE Journals, and Relief News from the CDC, Red Cross, FEMA, ReliefWeb, and more
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Windows Phone 7 Federal Apps Contest Winners!
