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A-Giraffes at Work?
Wales, Newmark, Dyson sign up to judge "Sunshine Week" contest opening up Congress
By MGP Staff
Feb 26, 2007, 00:03
Three prominent Internet entrepeneurs have signed up to judge a Sunshine Week challenge that aims to spotlight the activities of Congress. The Sunlight Foundation is offering a $2,000 prize for the best website which displays public information about the U.S. Congress, pulled from public data sources. The contest judges are Esther Dyson, a tech investor, entrepreneur and onetime newsletter author; Craig's List founder Craig Newmark; and WikiPedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. The websites are termed "mashups" -- or websites which combine data from two or more sources in new ways. Visit www.sunlightfoundation.com/mashup for contest details.
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