Gov 2.0 Taskforce announces launch of data.australia.gov.au with a Mash-up competition

Version française 30/09/2009 http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/09/gov-20-taskforce-announces-launch-of.html

The Gov 2.0 Taskforce this afternoon announced the launch of data.australia.gov.au featuring 59 datasets from Australian Federal, State and Territory governments released under licenses that permit reuse.

Alongside the launch the Taskforce announced on their blog the launch of a Mash-up competition challenging Australian developers to use one of more of the datasets to create a useful online application.

A good idea to promote reuse of Public Sector Information. Why not at an European level.

Read more on http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/09/gov-20-taskforce-announces-launch-of.html 

The competition is offering more than $20,000 in prizes across a range of categories including Excellence in mash-up, peoples' choice and Best Student entry.

The competition starts at 10am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on 7 October and closes at 4pm AEST on 6 November.

Solo entrants must be Australian resident or citizen and teams must include at least one Australian.

 

The Government 2.0 Taskforce invites you to MashupAustralia.

Help us show why open access to Australian government information is good for our economy and society.

To help get you started, we have released some datasets under a Creative Commons license (or a similar type of open license) and in a range of mashable formats.