Government Challenges, Contests, and Prizes

Visit Challenge.gov to participate in government contests and challenges for the chance to win a variety of prizes (monetary or non-monetary).
You may be challenged to solve a problem, make a suggestion, shoot and upload a video, create a logo, build an online game, invent something, and much more. A new challenge from Kids.gov, for example, calls for posters that answer the question, "How do I become President?" Find more details about this and other challenges.
Even if you don't have a solution for a specific challenge, you can share challenges with friends or sign up to show support for a challenge.

2010 Census Web Site Running 2nd in the Webbys

If you found the 2010 Census Web site creative, innovative, engaging, and packed with the information that helped you answer questions and helped you help us get out the word about the Census, we encourage you to visit the Webby Awards site and cast your vote.
The Webby Awards are the premier honor for innovation and creativity on the Web.
The Webbys are the "Oscars of the Internet," recognizing the highest achievements in web innovation and creativity in four categories: websites, interactive advertising, online film & video, and mobile. Every Webby Award category has two winners – the committee’s winner and the People’s winner, chosen by the public through massively popular interactive voting.
Last year the 13th Annual Webby People's Voice Awards received 750,000 votes and over 8 million visits in 3 weeks. This year the Webby Awards are teaming up with AOL to drive record voting and user engagement with the best of the web.

Census 2010 is under Society, under Government.

Census Reaching Out

Worth1000 Contests.

Win a SPARKY Award and $1000!

Contest details.

"The Internet gives new meaning to the notion that, by sharing ideas, we build a better understanding of the world around us. If you use YouTube or Wikipedia, exchange gaming tips on the Internet, or have a blog, you probably well understand the value of sharing information, ideas, and knowledge.

Sharing can also be a vital tool in helping to address complex problems that challenge society - like disease, hunger, global warming, and economic disparity. The sharing of ideas gives us ways to discover, collaborate, and create in unprecedented ways.

The SPARC Discovery Awards challenges you to illustrate in a short video presentation what you see as the value of sharing information. Use your imagination to suggest what good comes from bringing down barriers to the free exchange of information."


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