Innovation challenge and prize competitions. Government problems, public solutions; like those on challenge.gov
Jan
03
Challenge competitions around health are ramping up this year, especially around electronic records. The Health Design Challenge asked designers and developers to re-imagine digital health records. This concept is so popular, there are 232 submissions. Peruse the entries and get an idea of who will be awarded a piece of $50,000 in prizes. Winners have already been …
Oct
23
The weather is cooling down, but challenges and prizes continue to sizzle in federal government. We’ve been looking at Fiscal Year 2012 metrics, and there were at least 88 new challenges launched over the course of the year. About a dozen new agencies launched challenges, and @ChallengeGov’s Twitter following increased 90%. Federal agencies are driving innovation …
Aug
13
Challenge.gov hit a milestone this week with federal agencies launching more than 200 challenge and prize competitions! This impressive benchmark comes just a few weeks short of the two-year anniversary of the platform, which launched September 7, 2010. Another milestone, surpassing 16,000 citizen “solvers” — the people who enter challenge.gov competitions. Congratulations to all who …
Mar
16
Have you ever dreamed about being a a social media investigator? The U.S. Department of State hopes so. They are running a competition at the end of the month called Tag Challenge. The social game involves participants tracking “suspects” in five different cities in North America and Europe. The only clue: a mug shot. Teams …
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