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VA innovates innovation ideas

Winners have been announced in the most recent effort under the VA's Innovation Initiative, a department-wide program that brings the most promising innovations to VA's most important challenges by involving employees and the private sector in the creation of visionary solutions in service to Veterans. VA CTO Dr. Peter Levin has details.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , management , VA , VHA/OIT Innovation Competition , Peter Levin , CTO , best practices , Suzanne Kubota

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USPTO puts tasty innovation on display

Inventive Eats: Incredible Food Innovations highlights how our breakfast cereals, sandwiches, dinner entrees, and more have been transformed by significant events, discoveries and inventions. We get the tasty details from the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, David Kappos.

Tags: Federal Drive , USPTO , technology , Inventive Eats: Incredible Food Innovations , David Kappos , DoC

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State partners to green diplomacy

Earth Day Network and the U.S. Department of State have developed the D.C. Forum for Greening Embassies so that foreign missions can exchange ideas on environmental issues and operational practices. Details from State Department's director of management policy, right sizing and innovation, Marguerite Coffey.

Tags: Federal Drive , State , Marguerite Coffey , management , Earth Day Network , embassies

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Tips for attracting innovators to your agency

Two authors share best practices and discuss their new book.

Tags: management , IT , Mathew Burton , Richard Boly , DorobekInsider

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Pradeep Sindhu: Combine innovation and automation

Agencies are under pressure to cut costs while delivering more customer service. Juniper Networks' Pradeep Sindhu says it really can be done.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , Juniper Networks , Pradeep Sindhu , enterprise IT networks , contracting

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Feds, industry collaborate on cybersecurity

There's a government-industry partnership that's trying to make good on the need for collaboration in cybersecurity innovation.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , ISC(2) , Max Cacas

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Security Jam wasn't a face in the crowdsource

The online project took an innovative approach to engaging stakeholders from all walks of life and getting fresh and realistic ideas about security onto the table. Liam Cleaver, the global program director in IBM's Jam Program Office, explains the event.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , crowdsourcing , security , IBM , Security and Defense Agenda , Liam Cleaver , Jam Program Office

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The role of government in private innovation

Author Josh Lerner's new book examines what, if any, role governments should play when it comes to spurring innovation and investing in venture capital.

Tags: management , contracting , Harvard Business School , Josh Lerner , Dorothy Ramienski , investing , venture capital

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DorobekINSIDER: Crowdsourcing Gulf Coast oil spill info

Tags: collaboration , egov , homeland security , state and local , technology , information sharing ,

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Navy finds value engineering at sea

We continue our series on the Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards with a look at Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules with program manager, Capt. Michael Good.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , best practices , value engineering , DoD , Defense , contracting , Littoral Combat Ship , Michael Good , Navy

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