2011 GovFresh Awards

The 2011 GovFresh Awards honors the most innovative citizen and city and local government technology projects of the year. Details: http://awards.govfresh.com

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Best Civic Start-up

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  1. ElectNext.com

    ElectNext is like eHarmony for political candidates, matching your interests with elected officials to vote for and support.

    576 votes
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    • CitySourced

      CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform. CitySourced provides a free, simple, and intuitive platform empowering residents to identify civic issues (public safety, quality of life, & environmental issues, etc.) and report them to city hall for quick resolution; an opportunity for government to use technology to save time and money plus improve accountability to those they govern; and a positive, collaborative platform for real action. A picture tells a thousand words and CitySourced makes it snap.

      271 votes
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      • California Common Sense

        www.cacs.org takes government transparency to the next level. Now, it is easy to quickly explore and understand California government finances using the CACS interactive visual data transparency portal.

        114 votes
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        • Azavea

          Azavea is the geography and mapping software development firm that has created DistrictBuilder, OpenTreeMap, Open Data Catalog, the Cicero API and other civic applications.

          105 votes
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          • CivicSponsor.org

            CivicSponsor opens channels in your local government so that you can directly, transparently fund public projects in your community with tax-deductible dollars.

            39 votes
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            • SeeClickFix.com

              Helping communities help themselves through tools that allow anyone to report issues in the public space to governments and others that can resolve them.

              29 votes
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              • iFinditChicago

                iFindit is a mobile application allowing users to easily find the following resources in their community:

                Food
                Shelter
                Medical Care
                For Whom is “It”?

                The application aims to assist social workers, case managers, providers and residents. iFindit was built to serve Chicagoans by providing quick information regarding access to food, shelter and medical care in their area.

                How “It” Works:

                The application’s availability on mobile devices allows residents to obtain information from anywhere. By clicking on the appropriate tab (food, shelter or medical supplies) the user will be shown a list of locations available in their area. From there, the…

                15 votes
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                • SociallyConsciousShirts.com

                  We support other socially conscious businesses, groups, organizations and individuals that strive to make the world a better place.

                  By giving a generous portion of the profit from each shirt sale to a group or organization, we are helping others find ways to make their socially conscious cause sustainable.

                  6 votes
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                  • DemDash.us

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