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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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Get Your Idea Funded Through 10x
Introducing a new investment fund for technology products in the federal government.
Deep Dive: Using Data Technology + Innovation for Lyme Disease
Addressing Lyme and tick-borne disease by coupling the power of the crowd and patient insights with data.
Deep Dive: How a Health Tech Sprint Pioneered an AI Ecosystem
Seven teams created digital tools that help in finding experimental therapies for patients, and for clinical trials to recruit new patients.
Introducing the 2019 Presidential Innovation Fellows
We are excited to announce our 2019 Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) who have begun their “tour of duty” in American tech.
Out On the Front Lines of Civic Tech
A look back at the Presidential Innovation Fellows work with federal agencies in 2018.
Health Tech Sprint Aims at Improving Care Access and Experience
Federal agencies and technology teams work together to pilot digital tools for artificial intelligence and health innovation.
Want a More Innovative Agency? Encourage Employees to Experiment
How agency leaders can create a work environment that fosters innovation via creativity and experimentation
Collaborating for Better Design, Technology, and User Experience
Overview of initiatives across Federal government that focus on IT design, development and accessibility.
Emerging Tech and Open Data for a More Open and Accountable Government
Open data and emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence and distributed ledgers, such as blockchain—hold vast potential to transform public services held back by bureaucracy and outdated IT systems. We are opening the doors to bold, fresh ideas for government accountability, transparency and citizen participation by working with U.S. businesses, civil society groups and others to shape
The Data Briefing: Ten Years of Digital Transformation—Lessons Learned
Since 2007, a major consulting firm has conducted an annual survey on organizations’ “Digital IQ.” In the ten years of organizations grappling with digital transformation, what has been learned?
VA Innovators Network Program: Ahead of the Curve in Healthcare Innovation
VA Innovators Network Program Selected as FedHealth IT Innovation Award Winner This month, FedHealth IT announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Innovators Network Program was selected as a 2017 recipient of the FedHealthIT Innovation Award. FedHealth IT recognized 25 Federal Health
Advice From Digital Thought Leaders
Many know that digital tools have become indispensable for connecting with many audiences—but we also know that what’s available in the digital realm is always changing. So how do you know what tools are best for your purpose? And how do you plan for your organization’s digital future when the pace of change is so
Fostering Medical Innovation: A Plan for Digital Health Devices
It is incumbent upon FDA to ensure that we have the right policies in place to promote and encourage safe and effective innovation that can benefit consumers, and adopt regulatory approaches to enable the efficient development of these technologies. By taking an efficient, risk-based approach to our regulation, FDA can promote health through the creation
The Data Briefing: the Promise – and Perils – of Artificial Emotional Intelligence
The first chatbot, ELIZA, was created back in 1964 to demonstrate that communication between humans and computers would be superficial. However, much to Dr. Weizenbaum’s (ELIZA’a creator) surprise, people easily formed friendly relationships with the computer program. People forming relationships with ELIZA was especially surprising considering just how simple the program was regarding generating conversational
Opening Public Services to Artificial Intelligence Assistants
“Hey, Computer, how do I access my public services?” Citizens will soon be able to ask their Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPA) this question through an Emerging Citizen Technology open-sourced pilot program. The purpose of the initiative is to guide dozens of federal programs make public service information available through automated, self-service platforms for the home
Want to Expand Your Innovation Base? Dive In, Run a Challenge, and Listen to Your Customers
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) is a small agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) whose mission is to increase the interoperability and use of electronic health records and health IT. We don’t have the funding and personnel of larger agencies, and, for the most part, this is fine. The
