Crowdsourcing
Resources on Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing Toolkit for Federal Agencies —What is a Challenge? In a challenge, a “seeker” challenges “solvers” to identify a solution to a particular problem, or rewards contestants …
Tools and Services
CitizenScience.gov —A catalog of federal crowdsourcing and citizen science projects.
Join a Community of Practice
Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science —We work across government develop best practices for designing, implementing, and evaluating crowdsourcing and citizen science initiatives.
Challenge & Prize —We encourage public participation in crowdsourcing competitions to find innovative government solutions.
News and Events on Crowdsourcing
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White House and GSA Celebrate Record Years in Prize Competitions, Citizen Science Efforts
White House & GSA Celebrate Record Years in Prize Competitions, Citizen Science Efforts—On July 20, GSA’s Open Innovation Program and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) co-hosted the Open Innovation Forum in partnership with Digital.gov. The event was themed around building equitable partnerships and it celebrated OSTP’s biennial report to Congress that covers the federal government’s prize competitions, crowdsourcing and citizen science initiatives in fiscal years 2019 and 2020. — via General Services AdministrationNew EPA Interactive Map on Community & Citizen Science
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development recently published an interactive StoryMap on community & citizen science highlighting the importance of citizen science and how EPA supports these efforts. The StoryMap serves as the Agency’s first-ever collection of EPA-led and EPA-funded citizen science activities organized by topic. Explore the map to learn about impactful citizen science work happening across the U.S. and how to get involved.
Challenge.gov
Spotlight Chat: Planning a Federal Prize Competition
Leaders of the Lab-to-Market (L2M) Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize Competition share their experience running a federal prize competition.
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Get your Idea Funded Through GSA’s 10x Program
The purpose of the event is to raise awareness about 10x’s newest round of idea selections. We want attendees to learn about 10x, understand what it takes to submit, and feel empowered to submit.
TTS Bug Bounty Program: 3 Year Review
We’re reflecting on our Bug Bounty program for the last 3 years and highlighting some lessons learned.
Federal Crowdsourcing
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 15 — 10x: Transforming Technology Through Agile Investments
In this webinar, we will discuss GSA’s incremental investment program, 10x, which is modeled after modern venture capital best practices and start up studios.
Federal Crowdsourcing
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 14: Putting Open Data to Work for America’s Communities
Learn how federal agencies can leverage The Opportunity Project’s adaptable toolkit to engage cross-sector collaborators and rapidly prototype digital products powered by federal open data.
Federal Crowdsourcing
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 12: How AFWERX Crowdsources an Innovation Culture
The Air Force is catalyzing innovation with a variety of partners.
Federal Crowdsourcing
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 11: Mobile Testing Program Makes Content More Accessible
Agencies optimize mobile experiences with help from federal testers.
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Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 9: A Match Made in History
History Hub is a crowdsourcing platform that helps the public find historical records.
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Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 8: How NASA@WORK Ignites Ideas from Within
Learn how NASA’s workforce contributes inspiring ideas as part of internal idea competitions facilitated NASA@WORK program.
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Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 7: Crowdsourcing for Code
Learn how the Code.gov team, and every day contributors, are helping the U.S. government to expand its repository—and application—of open-source code as part of Code.gov’s Open Tasks initiative.
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Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 6: The FedRAMP Ideation
Betsy Steele, of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) team, shares how a crowdsourcing initiative invited the larger cybersecurity community to help inform the next iteration of government’s cloud security authorization program.
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Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 5: By the People
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. While often referred to as the research arm of Congress, it is hardly limited to lawmakers. It is open to the public who, in fact, are also helping to make their digital collections more accessible and available to all.
