GovHack 2014 winners to be announced on 10 August

GovHack 2014 was the largest open data in Australian history.

With over 1,300 participants across 10 locations, it set a new benchmark for engagement with, and reuse of, government data.

On Sunday evening the winners will be announced at a Red Carpet Awards Night in Brisbane. I’ll be attending and liveblogging & tweeting the event, so keep an eye on eGovAU and on the hashtags #govhack, #govhackau and #govhack14.

If you want to check out the entries before the event, visit the complete list of GovHack projects at http://hackerspace.govhack.org/

Don’t have time to look through 200-odd projects?

Here’s some that the GovHack team has particularly noted (note this doesn’t mean they will necessarily be finalists, there’s a lot of good projects):

• Show the Gap – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/show-gap
• The Hack Report – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/tbd-0
• Energy Calculator and Comparison Tool – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/energy-calculator-and-comparison-tool
• Live Labor Force – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/live-labour-force
• Languages of Sydney – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/languages-sydney
• Data-by-region Comparator – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/data-region-comparator
• Mash Academy – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/mash-academy
• Hot News Time Machine – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/hot-news-time-machine
• Project Doom – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/project-doom
• Unlock Australia – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/unlockaustralia
• FixMyCity – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/fixmycity
• Empowered: – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/empowered
• Stat.Map – http://hackerspace.govhack.org/content/statmap