Apps for Communities Highlight Video Final

Last April, the Federal Communications Commission and the Knight Foundation launched the Apps for Communities Challenge (http://appsforcommunities.challenge.gov/) and challenged developers and citizens from across the country to develop apps that make local public information more personalized, usable, and accessible for all Americans; promote broadband adoption, particularly among Americans who are less likely to be regular Internet users including low-income, rural, residents on Tribal lands, seniors, people with disabilities, and the low digital/English literacy communities; and create better links between Americans and services provided by local, state, Tribal and federal governments. As a result, we received almost 70 entries from around the U.S., from California to Pennsylvania. Although the Apps for Communities Challenge wrapped on 12/15/2011, checkout a video highlighting the challenge grand prize winners, words from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, Damian Thorman, the National Director of the Knight Foundation, Jen Pahlka, the CEO of Code of America and a challenge, plus much more!

Remember to follow @communityapps on Twitter, or the Apps for Communities Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apps-for-Communities/128895247175917) for updates and news.

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[deladroid]

Great challenge!