{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-announces-2016-congressional-app-challenge-oregon-students", "Greg Walden announces 2016 Congressional App Challenge for Oregon students", "2016-09-01", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "OR", "Greg Walden", "W000791", "walden.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Greg Walden announces 2016 Congressional App Challenge for Oregon students \nWinner\u2019s app to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Oregon students head back to school, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) announced an exciting opportunity for students to design an app as part of a nationwide competition. The 2016 Congressional App Challenge is a chance for tech-savvy students across central, southern, and eastern Oregon to put their creativity to the test and design their own original smartphone or desktop apps. The winner\u2019s app will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol among the best student apps in the country. A panel of local experts from Oregon, including app developers and computer science professors, will judge each student\u2019s work and select the winner and runners-up. \u00a0\n\u201cThe Congressional App Challenge is a fantastic opportunity for students to showcase their creativity in science, technology, and math. App development and coding are 21st century skills, and I believe somewhere in Oregon there could be a student with an idea that could become the next Facebook or Uber,\u201d said Walden. \u201cOne talented winner will have the chance to be recognized on the national stage. I look forward to seeing this year\u2019s entries and wish all Oregon\u2019s budding coders the best of luck.\u201d \u00a0\nIn addition to having their apps featured in the U.S. Capitol, $50,000 in Amazon Web Services credits will be divided among the student winners from around the country\u00a0to be used for cloud computing services and other resources to advance their coding education. \nTo enter the challenge, students must submit a video demonstration explaining their app and what they learned, as well as the app\u2019s source code. The deadline for entries is November 2, 2016. For additional details and steps to enter, please visit Walden\u2019s website at www.walden.house.gov/appchallenge.", 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://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-announces-2016-congressional-app-challenge-oregon-students"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.948627945035696, "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"}