• GovFresh
• GovFreshTV

• Gov 2.0
• Federal
• Local
• International
• Industry
• Guides
• Commentary
• Apps
• Events
• Heroes
• Video
• Radio
• Books
• Feeds

Jessy Cowan-Sharp

Meet the hackers behind OpenGov Tracker

• Luke Fretwell
• February 22nd, 2010 · 2 comments
• Apps, Gov 2.0, Open Government Initiative, Web

The federal government may have closed during #snowmageddon 2010, but Jessy Cowan-Sharp and Robbie Schingler didn’t. They created OpenGov Tracker, a Website that tracks citizen ideas for federal agencies related to the Open Government Directive.

Cowan-Sharp shares what inspired them and how they did it.

Read more »

• Apps
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • MyGovApp
  • Web
• Books
• Commentary
• Congress
• Courts
• Events
• Featured
• Federal
  • Agencies
    • CDC
    • EPA
    • FCC
    • FEMA
    • GSA
    • NASA
    • US AID
  • Departments
    • Agriculture
    • Commerce
    • Defense
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Health and Human Services
    • Homeland Security
    • Interior
    • Justice
    • Labor
    • Office of Management & Budget
    • State
    • Transportation
    • Treasury
    • Veterans Affairs
  • White House
• Fresh from
  • Fresh from: Adobe
  • Fresh from: Microsoft
  • Fresh from: Red Hat
  • Fresh from: Sunlight
• Gov 2.0
  • Gov 2.0 Guides
  • Gov 2.0 Heroes
  • Gov 2.0 Heroes Video
  • Gov 2.0 Radio
  • Gov 2.0 Video
• GovFreshTV
• Industry
• International
  • Australia
  • Canada
    • Edmonton
  • England
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
• Jobs
• Mil 2.0
  • Mil 2.0 Video
  • Military
  • Military 2.0
• Organizations
  • Code for America
  • Crisis Commons
  • Expert Labs
  • National Association of Government Webmasters
  • Open Source for America
  • Sunlight Foundation
• Social networks
  • FaceBook
  • FedSpace
  • GovLoop
  • Ning
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
• Topics
  • 311
  • APIs
  • Broadband
  • Citizen 2.0
  • Cloud computing
  • Content Management
  • Contests
  • Crisis
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Drupal
  • Environment
  • Gaming
  • Health
  • Immigration
  • IT
  • Open data
  • Open Government Initiative
  • Open source
  • Open311
  • Public meetings
  • QR Codes
  • Social media
  • Transit
  • Transparency
  • WordPress
• United States
  • States
    • California
      • Los Angeles
      • San Francisco
    • Colorado
    • Delaware
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis
    • Missouri
    • Nevada
      • Reno
    • New York
    • Oklahoma
    • Oregon
      • Portland
    • Texas
      • Austin
      • Manor
    • Utah
    • Washington
      • Seattle
    • Washington, DC

About

• About
• Contributors
• Tools

Do something

• Write for GovFresh
• Sponsor
• Contact

Connect

Email updates

© 2010 GovFresh – Gov 2.0, open gov news, guides, TV, tech, people · Powered by Green Web Hosting.