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White House touts success of agency 'challenges'

Increasingly, agencies are using a tool at their disposal. Instead of issuing RFP's, they're issuing challenges. And according to a new report from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, agencies that have jumped on the challenge bandwagon have begun to "reap the rewards of well-designed prizes integrated into a broader innovation strategy."

Tags: challenges , OSTP , Air Force Research Laboratory , HHS , GSA

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Energy app contest to help turn electric bill into energy-saving guide

The energy department announced a new "challenge" for software developers: Create new applications allowing people to download data detailing how — and how much — they use energy. The Apps for Energy contest, which offers $100,000 in prizes to winning developers, is part of the Green Button Initiative.

Tags: Energy , technology , Cammie Croft , Apps for Energy , In Depth , Francis Rose

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HUD, VA team with rocker Bon Jovi on app contest to help homeless vets

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, along with W. Scott Gould, the deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs, announced the launch of Project REACH — short for Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless. Singer Jon Bon Jovi, who chairs the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation in New Jersey and is also a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions, was also on hand for the announcement.

Tags: HUD , VA , veterans , homelessness , W. Scott Gould , Peter Levin , Jonah Czerwinski , Jon Bon Jovi , Shaun Donovan , Aneesh Chopra ,

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Labor gives cash awards for job help apps

The Labor Department gave $68,000 in prizes for applications to help connect unemployed people with job positions.

Tags: Labor , innovation , apps , technology , Hilda Solis

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Agencies gravitate to low-cost contests as Challenge.gov celebrates its first birthday

In its first year, the website Challenge.gov let agencies add public contests as a low-cost way to find innovative solutions to their problems. Officials at the General Services Administration, which runs the site, say challenges offer a lower-cost alternative to procurement or grants and speak to a different audience. GSA would like to see challenges standardized across the government in the coming year — but worry that the site may lose funding.

Tags: management , David McClure , e-government , Kathy Conrad , robynn sturm-steffen , GSA , technology , innovation , Emily Kopp

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Thursday morning federal headlines - Oct. 6

The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.

Tags: Federal Drive , Federal Drive newscast , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , William Lynn , DoD , DHS , TRICARE

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The challenges to leading challenges

Learn more about how the government is increasingly turning to challenges

Tags: DorobekInsider , newscast , Technologies , challenges , Mannakee Circle Group , Brad Rourke

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How can cloud computing help people with disabilities?

A really cool interview for you this week about a cloud computing contest the Federal Communications Commission is running. Federal News Radio’s Amy Morris and Tom Temin spoke with Pam Gregory, Director of the FCC’s Accessibility and Innovation Initiative. Gregory told Federal News Radio the FCC recognizes that “cloud is the futureâ€� and leveraging its [...]

Tags: cloud computing , FCC , Federal News Radio , Pam Gregory

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How contests can help agencies do more with less

Incentives, contests, and challenges are being used by the federal government to help solve a multitude of problems. Robynn Sturm, Assistant to the Deputy Director in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, discusses why this method is so successful.
February 1, 2011

Tags: Robynn Sturm , OSTP , technology , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk

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OMB wants to bring expert help to agencies

The White House and the Office of Science and Technology Policy issued an RFI on how to develop a new platform called Expert-net to solicit ideas for solving mission-critical problems.

Tags: technology , management , Aneesh Chopra , Shelley Metzenbaum , OMB , GSA , OSTP , Web 2.0 , crowd sourcing , Jason Miller

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