{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pingree.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pingree-invites-maine-high-school-students-participate-congressional-app", "Pingree invites Maine high school students to participate in Congressional App Challenge", "2015-11-23", "2015", "2015-11", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Chellie Pingree", "P000597", "pingree.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today invited high school students in Maines 1st District to participate in the Congressional App Challenge. Students have until January 15, 2016, to develop and submit their apps, which will be judged by a panel of experts convened by the Maine Technology Institute.\nI applaud how Maine schools are using STEM education to prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow. This competition is an exciting opportunity to put those skills to the test while learning how to develop the smartphone apps we use every day, said Pingree. I hope students give it a shotI cant wait to see what they come up with. My thanks to the Maine Technology Institute for their help in connecting Maines tech community with the competition.\nStudents must live or attend a high school in Maines 1st District to be eligible for the competition. They can participate as individuals or in a team of up to four. In addition to the app, students must also submit a 3-4 minute video explaining their app and how it works.\nThe deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday, January 15, 2016. A winner for Pingrees District will be announced in February.\nThe apps can cover any topic. They will be judged on 1) the creativity and originality of the app idea; 2) user experience and design of the ideas implementation; and 3) quality of coding and programming.\nInformation about the competitionincluding links to coding resources and submission instructionscan be found on Pingrees website, www.pingree.house.gov/appchallenge.\nThis is the second year Congressional offices around the country are participating in the challenge, which is coordinated by the Internet Education Foundation.", 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": ["http://pingree.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pingree-invites-maine-high-school-students-participate-congressional-app"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9839038830250502, "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"}