Why is the Challenge happening?

The goal of the Challenge is to encourage local developers and entrepreneurs to partner with City departments to create software solutions the City can leverage to foster innovation, accountability and efficiency in the way City services are provided to residents. The Challenge is designed to elevate civic engagement, enhance the capacity of municipal operations, and demonstrate a practical way in which the civic technology community in Buffalo can play a role in making our city an even better place to live, work, study, and play.

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1. How is COVID-19 affecting the Civic Innovation Challenge? Has the submission deadline been pushed back?
2. What is Mayor Byron W. Brown's Civic Innovation Challenge Powered by AT&T?
3. Who organized this Challenge?
4. What can I win?
5. When will the Challenge take place?
6. How is the prize awarded? How is my project going to be judged?
7. How do we submit an entry?
8. Why is the Challenge happening?
9. When and how will winners be notified?
10. Are there any special requirements to participate in the Challenge?
11. How can I help spread the word about the Challenge?
12. What is Open Data Buffalo?
13. Why is AT&T involved?