[please redistribute as appropriate] The Information Technology & Politics (ITP) section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) invites nominations for the "Best software award for research and teaching in the area of Information Technology and Politics." The eligibility rules are as follows: • The first major release of the software must have been in 2013. • The software must hold some relevance to research and/or teaching in the area of information technology and politics. Beyond that, I would like to invite anyone who has developed potentially ITP-relevant software to submit it for consideration. You don’t have to be a member of the ITP section or even of APSA as long as your software meets the two above conditions. You may also nominate software packages developed by others that you have found useful in your ITP-related scholarly research or teaching. Please email all nominations to Deen Freelon <dfreelon@gmail.com>, chair of the ITP Software Award Committee. Include a link from which the software may be downloaded and any other information you feel might help the committee reach a decision (e.g. data on frequency of use, example use cases, etc.). We will accept submissions until Friday, May 16, 2014. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Best, Deen Freelon Chair, ITP Software Award Committee 2014 -- Deen Freelon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor American University School of Communication Office: McKinley 325 dfreelon@gmail.com http://dfreelon.org