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10x

The U.S. Data Federation graduates the 10x Program, Launches New Repository

GSA’s 10x program is proud and excited to announce the graduation of the U.S. Data Federation project, the first to exit 10x after receiving all four phases of 10x investment.

Julia Lindpaintner

Jul 02, 2020

See how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration crowdsources to identify potential health risks.

Elaine Johanson

Emily Boja, Ph.D.

Dr. Jarah Meador

History Hub is a crowdsourcing platform that helps the public find historical records.

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Rebecca Collier

10x

10x Announces 25 Projects to Start Phase One

10x, the federal venture studio, has approved 25 new projects for Phase One funding.

Apr 15, 2020

18F Is Here to Help During Critical Times

Government agencies are seeing their systems and staff stretched to the max as they do their best to serve the public. 18F is a team of government employees with expertise in modern digital tools and practices, and we’re here to help. — via 18F

Apr 09, 2020

Learn how NASA’s workforce contributes inspiring ideas as part of internal idea competitions facilitated NASA@WORK program.

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Carissa Callini

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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Findings From 10x’s Recent Round of Submissions

The 10x Program received over 237 submissions from 129 individuals across a range of federal agencies for ideas to help the federal government deliver better products and services.

Sep 17, 2019

What the PIFs Have Been Up to in 2019

Members of the PIF class of 2019 include data strategists, AI specialists, venture capitalists, and neuroscientists. See what they’ve been up to this year.

Joshua Di Frances

Aug 09, 2019

Learn how you can work with the new investment fund for technology products in the government.

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Intro

Get Your Idea Funded Through 10x

Introducing a new investment fund for technology products in the federal government

Jul 09, 2019

In part one of this multi-part YouTube Live series, learn how civic technologists work to better our government.

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Joshua Di Frances

Presentations that highligh the potential and impact of crowdsourcing through citizen science and prize competitions in the U.S. government

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Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier

Dr. Jarah Meador

John McLaughlin

Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson

Taylor Gilliland

Deep Dive: Using Data Technology + Innovation for Lyme Disease

A 14-week sprint delivered digital tools that used federal open data to address Lyme and tick-borne diseases.

Kristen Honey, PhD

Gil Alterovitz, PhD

Mar 18, 2019

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.

Gil Alterovitz, PhD

Kristen Honey, PhD

Feb 27, 2019

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.

Feb 14, 2019

Out On the Front Lines of Civic Tech

A look back at the Presidential Innovation Fellows work with federal agencies in 2018.

Gil Alterovitz, PhD

Dec 19, 2018

Health Tech Sprint Aims at Improving Care Access and Experience

This sprint is designed to improve care by assisting in access to novel therapeutics and improving clinical trials.

Gil Alterovitz, PhD

Justin Koufopoulos

Kristen Honey, PhD

Nov 02, 2018

Want a More Innovative Agency? Encourage Employees to Experiment

How agency leaders can create a work environment that fosters innovation via creativity and experimentation.

Sep 19, 2018

Collaborating for Better Design, Technology, and User Experience

Overview of initiatives across Federal government that focus on IT design, development and accessibility.

Aug 30, 2018

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