Army Wants You to Develop Apps
By
Bob Brewin
The Army launched its "Apps for the Army" contest on Monday, which is open to active-duty, Reserve and National Guard personnel, and civilian employees. The service seeks some good Web and mobile software applications that can be used throughout the Army.
The Army launched its "Apps for the Army" contest on Monday, which is open to active-duty, Reserve and National Guard personnel, and civilian employees. The service seeks some good Web and mobile software applications that can be used throughout the Army.
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, the Army chief information officer, said the purpose of the contest is "to encourage smarter, better and faster technical solutions to meet operational needs."
Anyone interested in competing should apply quickly at Army Knowledge Online because participation is limited to just 100 folks.
The Army will distribute a total of $30,000 in prizes to winners of the contest, which, when you get down to it, is probably less than it would pay a contractor to write a thousand lines of code, let alone an entire application.
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