{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://schakowsky.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=3595", "Schakowsky Announces Winner of 2017 Congressional App Challenge", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Jan Schakowsky", "S001145", "schakowsky.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, announced the winner of the 2017 Congressional App Challenge competition for the 9th Congressional District of Illinois.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cI am pleased to announce that John Dattilo, a Mount Prospect resident and Junior at John Hersey High School has been named the winner in this year\u2019s competition. Congratulations John!\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThe app that John developed, DiaLog, provides innovative and efficient solutions to help people living with diabetes manage and track their disease. I was very excited to see this young man use his knowledge and skills to address a problem affects thousands of my constituents and millions around the world. I am excited to see what John goes on to do next.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThe Congressional App Challenge is a great opportunity for young people to develop their programming skills, and I was excited to see participation from students at several 9th Congressional District schools this year. I want to thank the students who took the time to submit an app and the faculty and staff who encouraged participation.\u00a0 I look forward to seeing even more submissions next year.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\tJohn\u2019s winning submission was an application that he created called \u201cDiaLog.\u201d\u00a0 The app is designed to assist individuals diagnosed with diabetes as they treat and manage the disease by helping them track blood sugar levels and calculate insulin dosages to match meals at restaurants or at home.\u00a0 If you\u2019d like to see a demonstration of John\u2019s submission, you can view it here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://schakowsky.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=3595"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8493238128721714, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}