Cached version of http://govhack.org/wiki/Hacks and other page from the wiki for the 2009 event

1. Presented hacks
Here's some brief descriptions, and links to[], all the hacks and mashups that came out of GovHack Canberra;
check them out, and be inspired.
Some videos of the demos are available at Youtube
LobbyLens
An in-depth visualisation of lobbying groups relations to government agencies, , including tenders awarded, links
between the various agencies, and physical office locations.
http://lobbylens.info
LobbyLens @ MashupAustralia
Twitter contacts - @DorisSpiel, @maxious, @zephell, @frglps, or @mjec
WTFGD
What the Federal Government Does
An enormous tag cloud of the different functions of government, combined with visualisations of government
functions shared between departments.
What the federal government does – first steps (blog)
Twitter contacts - @CathStyles @brendam with help from @nambor
GOVIS - Visualising Government @ Mashup Australia
and View GOVIS - Visualising Government
Twitter contact - @nambor
SoulSoutions
Worked on improving the data feeds supplied by various departments, including the powerhouse, as well as
working on resizable map tile images, for us in mapping applications.
Powerhouse Dataset as a REST service
Lands Mapping Overlay (requires Microsoft Silverlight)
Photosynth demo
Twitter contacts - @soulsolutions @bronwenz
Know Where you live
A stylish presentation of ABS data, pulling in relevant information for a particular postcode: rental rates, average
income, crime rates, and more.
Link to Know Where you live
Know Where you live @ MashupAustralia
Twitter contacts - @ericdot, @dp_lewis or @diversionary
Census
Showed off a merging of Census data and Google Maps, by showing the location of all speed cameras, with details
of their type (red-light, general, etc).

2. My Representatives
In a quest to make it easier to engage in our democracy, My Representatives presented an API for finding your
representative in the Houses of Parliament, through to local government.http://myrepresentatives.org/
Twitter contact: @myreps
A few days after GovHack, they announced the service was split out as a standalone service
athttp://geo2gov.com.au/
geo2gov @ MashupAustralia
Twitter contacts: @jcandiloro @geo2gov
National Library (Picture Australia location search)
To help make searching historical picture archives easier, this demo linked the National Library archives up to a
map, which pulled up all the pictures from that particular location.
Link to Picture Australia location search
Also from Paul: Then and Now @ MashupAustralia
Twitter contact - @paulhagon
myMP
http://mymp.com.au/
In similar style to MyRepresentatives, this demo gave you access to your MP, including easy contact information,
details of upcoming and past speeches, as well as pulling in various public data on that MP.
Here's the presentation that covers some of what we have planned for myMP.
Twitter contacts: @andrewperry @henaredegan
"It's buggered, mate"
In true Australian style, the Lonely Planet boys allowed you to report buggered toilets, roads, etc, with an easy-to-
use graphical interface overlayed on a map. Their idea was to combine this with local government services to fix
issues in the community.
Link to It’s Buggered Mate
Twitter contacts - @madlep or @wanderingken
Rate-a-Loo
Demonstrates a community engagement idea, seeded with government provided data. Allows users to locate and
then rate the condition of public toilets. Try out
Rate-a-Loo @ Mashup Australia
Twitter contact - @wingedmonkeyboy
Project Tea-Lady
Project Tea-Lady ("Not very sexy, but glad someone's doing it"). Shows Local Gov data, postcodes, suburbs, etc.
Link to Project Tea-Lady
GovHack summary on slideshare
Social Services

3. A site to search for social services (Canberra region) and browse user comments about the services
Link to Social Services
AccessibilityMate
Another Mashup for Government services in the ACT with an emphasis on respecting WCAG accessibility
guidelines
Link to AccessibilityMate
Mashed Influence
(Live comment at Govhack): Team 19: MashedInfluence: people able to cross-reference different data-sets, though
the demo seems to have exploded.
Link to Mashed Influence
Mashed Influence @ Mashup Australia
Twitter contacts: @ atirado @NickHodge
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Who Organised Govhack?
Web Directions staff and mentors/judges
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Web Directions and mentors, from left to right:
• Rob Manson @nambor
• Matthew Cashmore @matthewcashmore
• Melina Chan (@Nodecity)
• John Allsopp @johnallsopp
• Cheryl Gledhill @cherylgledhill
• Gloria Tong
Other Web directions volunteers/staff:
• Will Mason
• Guy Leech @guyleech
Other judges and mentors:
• Tom Coates @plasticbagUK
• Glenn Archer
• Ruth Ellison @RuthEllison
Government 2.0 Task Force and AGIMO
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• Nicholas Gruen
• Peter Alexander

4. • Gordon Grace
(to be completed)
CSIRO and ANU
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Core team of GovHack organisers, from left to right:
• George Petru (CSIRO IM&T): IT support, including the liaison with NodeCity and CSIRO IM&T team
• Ross Ackland (CSIRO ICT Centre) and Laurent Lefort @laurentlefort (CSIRO ICT Centre) joint coordinators of
the event on behalf of CSIRO (bringing the local knowledge to Web Directions)
• Bob Edwards (ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science) liaison with ANU resources (IT and
logistics)
• Xuan Zhou (CSIRO ICT Centre) Whole event volunteer
The other GovHack supporters involved at different stages were: Tom Worthington (ANU), Mandy Yialeloglou
(ICT Centre), Warren Muller (CMIS), and Dimitrios Georgakopoulos (ICT Centre). Thanks also to the team at
CSIRO IM&T working remotely on the internet connection setup: John Gibbins, Peter Easton and Henry
Baumeister.
NodeCity
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@Nodecity Mobile HQ #govhack
• Donal O'Duibhir @irldexter
• Melina Chan @melinachan
Casual helpers
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Also thanks for helping before hacking to some of the participants:
• Earle Castledine @mrspeaker
• Ross Hill @rosshill
• Stephen Lead
• Julian Doherty @madlep
• Ken Hoetmer @ wanderingken
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