Chris Velasco — mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time he was a News intern for MobileCrunch, and between them, he worked in wireless sales at best buy. After graduation, he returned to the new TechCrunch for mobile as a full-time writer. He counts the advertising works, musical theater ... ? Read More
The Government of the United States is not a stranger to the app game: they have already developed more than 50 Smartphone applications and mobile sites for daily use, ranging from applications to find local alternatives to petrol stations with those that may be a sign of leaves you photographed. The app runs the gamut of federal arsenal exactly, but it doesn't seem enough. USA.gov blog has announced that, before 15 September, ordinary citizens like you and I can submit ideas for the next application is big government.
This gesture of openness is now accepting materials on Google Moderator, and several people have already thrown their hats into the ring. My favorite so far? LarryM of Baltimore is a good one:
"Collect and publish the latitude and longitude coordinates of the current Government, which are open to the public (e.g., social security district offices) so that the mapping programs such as Google maps, Bing can display exactly".
Personally, I would like to see an application that uses the device's location services to determine which States and the district is in and display recent activity from the Congressman. Nothing like some local accountability in the Palm of your hand, right?
Since Google Moderator is used to manage all these materials, users can essentially upvote good suggestions, so inevitably vague or trollish views won't make it too far. There is already a question sentence or two (including one that no proposal at all) in the mix, which understandably not garned much love.
USA.gov blog does not say that the most popular proposals will certainly do so at the drafting stage, but if "win" choice is technically feasible and quite novel, it must stand a decent chance of becoming a reality. If you're chomping at the bit has a chance to have a Government to translate your app idea to life, then mosey on over to the site and release — I'd love to see that thoughtful audience like ours can come up with.
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