Government Challenge Programs Foster New Wave Of Low Cost Innovations
Filed under: InnovationA program begun on a shoe string a year ago to help federal agencies tap a broader universe of creative ideas to solve some of the government's toughest challenges has spawned a...
View ArticleWill Innovation Offset Political Gridlock? Congressman Connolly, IT Leaders...
Filed under: TechnologyCongressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) predicted the chances that Congress will put together anything longer lasting that a string of continuing resolutions after the current...
View ArticleCrowd-Sourcing Yields Ingenious Solutions for Air Force Research Lab
Filed under: InnovationWhen scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) were tasked with creating a way to stop a fleeing vehicle moving at high speed, they turned to crowd-sourcing for a...
View ArticleHow 8 Enthusiasts Beat 9,000 Teams To Solve DARPA's 'Shredder' Challenge
Filed under: InnovationOtavio Good, leader of the San Francisco-based team that won the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Shredder Challenge earlier this month, doesn't just do computer...
View ArticleFeds @ Work: OSTP's Chris Vein Innovates Innovation Itself
Filed under: InnovationChris Vein works for two prominent Obama administration officials who are always in the limelight. Consequently Vein doesn't get a lot of publicity. If you do a search on his...
View ArticleInnovation in Government: Creating VA's Innovation Initiative
Filed under: ManagementThis is the third in a series of profiles of innovative leaders in government based on interviews for the book "Paths to Making a Difference: Leading in Government" by Paul R....
View ArticleDARPA To Offer $2 Million Prize For Next Generation Robot
Filed under: InnovationRobots are coming closer and closer to performing life saving duties. But the Defense Department's Advance Research Project Agency is now putting up a $2 million prize to...
View ArticleWhat 205 Prize Challenges Have Taught Government Agencies
Filed under: InnovationIn September 2010 the Obama Administration launched Challenge.gov, a one-stop shop where entrepreneurs and the public can locate and tackle tough problems - and win cash prizes...
View ArticleChallenge.gov Contests Liberate Labor Department Data
Filed under: Innovation The Department of Labor has emerged as a leader in transforming crucial information buried in online PDF files or impenetrable government websites into new applications that...
View ArticleMobile Apps Compete For Treasury Department Prizes
Filed under: InnovationU.S. Treasury Department officials doled out $25,000 in cash prizes and announced the winners of the department's MyMoneyAppUp challenge contest. The winners were selected from...
View ArticleAgencies Launch Big Data Contest, Projects
Filed under: TechnologyNASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy launched a new public challenge contest Wednesday to generate novel approaches to using "big data" information...
View ArticleCan Innovation Save The Federal Government?
Filed under: InnovationIt is one of the most challenging times in American history to be part of a government bureaucracy. A dysfunctional congress offers little or no support; agency budgets face...
View ArticleGSA Office Serves As 'Little Sparkplug' For Technology Innovation In Government
Filed under: Citizen ServicesDavid McClure calls the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT) "a little sparkplug igniting innovation all across...
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