Throughout next year, these developers will convene in San Francisco to build apps for communities in need.
The fellows will be sent to their assigned cities in February to work with city officials. The five cities chosen to receive custom applications this year were Boston, Boulder, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Seattle.
During their year of service, developers will receive a stipend, healthcare, travel expenses, training and guaranteed interviews at major tech companies and startups once the program is complete.
In this cycle, one of the applications that will be built is an Open311-type project. Another app, which is slated to be built for and used in Philadelphia, will allow citizens to monitor and give feedback on city hall proposals.
Of course, all Code for America apps will be made open source upon completion. The apps will all be showcased at a launch conference in September 2011 in San Francisco.
More than 360 developers applied for the fellowships. The applicants were asked to participate in interviews, submit essays, complete case problems and undergo the scrutiny of a committee, which was made up of industry leaders such as Irene Au of Google, Paul Buchheit of Facebook, Anil Dash of Expert Labs and many more.