innovation
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Chris Hood, managing director of Workplace Innovation at CB Richard Ellis explains how changing your work environment can save money and improve performance. July 31, 2012
July 31, 2012 -
The Innovation Networking Project will supplement traditional, face-to-face, networking with the goal of connecting federal visionaries, Todd Park said. He hopes the end result will remove stovepipes that have prevented big thinkers from finding each other.
July 27, 2012 -
The federal government is saddled with the reputation of a stodgy, stunted work environment where the status quo rules the day. But the problem isn't that federal employees don't have bright ideas for doing business differently. The problem is that too often agency leadership fails to encourage employees to think outside the box or to reward them when they do so.
July 23, 2012 -
Federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park said the goal of the innovation fellows program is not for private sector experts to tell them what to do and do it, but mash-up with government innovators to tackle a long-standing challenge. Each of the five projects has specific milestones in the next six months.
May 29, 2012 -
The Presidential Innovation Fellows program will bring 15 experts into government to work on specific programs aimed at improving citizen-government interaction. According to Todd Park, federal chief technology officer, the administration has a certain kind of person in mind for the job openings. "What we are looking for are bad-ass innovators," he said.
May 24, 2012 -
Sunny Bajaj, the founder, president and CEO of DMI, joined Industry Chatter with Francis Rose to discuss his company and innovation at federal agencies.
May 03, 2012 -
ACT-IAC\'s Jim Beaupre and ACT\'s Mary Davie joined In Depth with Francis Rose with lessons learned about innovating at a federal agency.
November 21, 2011 -
Host John Gilroy will talk cloud computing, health IT, and mobile technology with Tracey Graves-Stevens, President and CEO of Innoviss. November 15, 2011
November 16, 2011 -
Former OFPP Administrator Steve Kelman shares his observations from the Executive Leadership Conference.
October 28, 2011 -
The Labor Department gave $68,000 in prizes for applications to help connect unemployed people with job positions.
October 27, 2011 -
Ilyse Veron is editor of The Public Manager.
October 27, 2011 -
David McClure, associate administrator in the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at the General Services Administration, moderated a panel at the 2011 Executive Leadership Conference.
October 25, 2011 -
VA will test the use of the ideas in the agency\'s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program, according to a VA release.
October 18, 2011 -
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.
October 06, 2011 -
The bill includes $50 million for the General Services Administration\'s Office of Citizens and Innovative Technologies.
June 16, 2011