Imagine getting an email with images of all the physical mail that'll be delivered to your home today. That's just one of the innovations USPS is trying in a pilot program launched in New York City.
Imagine getting an email with images of all the physical mail that'll be delivered to your home later that day. The Postal Service is piloting the Informed Delivery system right now in New York City. That's just one innovation USPS is trying. Gary Reblin, USPS' vice president for new products and innovation, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin about a range of new products, including some for the Postal Service's bread-and-butter business.
Why would you want a daily email about your physical mail? According to the Postal Service, it turns out, people have lots of reasons.
George Washington University Law Professor Steve Schooner joins host Roger Waldron to discuss "Better Buying Power Principles" and their potential impact on DoD acquisition. May 31, 2016
Federal managers often say they know how important innovation is, but they struggle to create an environment for innovation in government. Nishita Henry, a technology principal with Deloitte, tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about some fresh findings that map out forces driving innovation and governmental transformation.
How can innovation solve federal information technology problems? Find out this week when three experts join host John Gilroy to discuss how their companies are using innovation to assist federal IT professionals. May 24, 2016
The Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate hosted its first industry day in Silicon Valley and about 200 companies showed up as part of the federal government’s outreach to start-ups.
Silicon Valley companies once kept their distance from stodgy Washington, with its perceived urge to tax, regulate, coddle unions and dole out favors. Now they cozy up to government.
Jonahtan Ende, June Marshall and Blake Hall are the CEOs and founders of three successful start-up companies. They join host John Gilroy on Federal Tech Talk to talk about their businesses and how the global incubator 1776 is helping start-ups transform industries and the federal government. May 3, 2016
People like Andy Grove, brilliant at business though they are, also are driven by a desire to change the world by developing new things or totally disrupting existing things.
Three innovators join host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the new incubator Mach37, and how their products will help IT professionals in the federal government. March 15, 2016
Sean McAfee, the deputy director of the National Cybersecurity Assessment and Technical Services, will lead the cyber operations part of the Homeland Security Department’s new Silicon Valley office, where he will work with companies to find innovations that the government can test and scale across all agencies as soon as possible.
Dr. Kurt Heisler, senior policy advisor for Technology and Innovation, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services, discusses innovation, data visualization, and how to interpret big data. March 1, 2016
Lou Kerestesy, founder and CEO, GovInnovators, highlights the first steps for agencies should consider when creating a place to promote innovation.
Innovation can be hard to define, especially in something as stodgy as the federal government. But you know it when you see it. A study sponsored by the IBM Center for the Business of Government found lots of obstacles to innovation in federal agencies, but also lots of successes. Greg Dawson is senior faculty associate in the school for public affairs at Arizona State University and Jim Denford heads the management and economics department at the Royal Military College of Canada. They did the research and authored the report. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked them to define innovation. Dawson speaks first.