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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...

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Will 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...

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Crowd-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...

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How 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...

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Feds @ 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...

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Innovation 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....

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DARPA 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...

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What 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...

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Challenge.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...

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Mobile 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...

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Agencies 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...

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Can 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...

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GSA 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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