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Innovation
Reinventing Innovation
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 - 15:09
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 15:05
Sometimes we get caught up in buzzwords of the day: Total Quality Management, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Business Process Reengineering, or Reinventing Government. But the bottom line in each of these types of management improvement initiatives is: how do we create a culture of innovation?
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Bryan Sivak
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 - 13:43
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Mr. Sivak is responsible for helping HHS leadership harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation.
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Mon, 05/13/2013
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Bryan Sivak joined HHS as the Chief Technology Officer in July 2011. In this role, he is responsible for helping HHS leadership harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation.
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Co-Delivery: Beyond Traditional Citizen Engagement
Monday, March 11th, 2013 - 11:29
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 11:26
How can governments at all levels engage their citizens in ways that are more meaningful – and fun -- to both the citizens and their community? A series of pioneering initiatives hold new promise that this now can be done on a much wider scale.
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Brij Singh
I loved the concept. Sure, it is not a new phenomenon but I see more opportunities to apply this concept in Government services for citizens using information technologies.
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Weekly Round-up: March 8, 2013
Friday, March 8th, 2013 - 10:58
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 09:45
Dan Chenok
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The Operator's Manual - An Update of Chapter 7: Innovation
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 - 10:04
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 08:52
Recognize that employees, especially those who are on the front line of your organization and who regularly deal with your agency’s customers, often are the source of innovative services that can benefit your customers. Getting them engaged is key.
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIESSUBJECT: Innovation
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Avi Bender
Friday, January 11th, 2013 - 11:39
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What is the U.S. Census Bureau’s technology innovation strategy? How is Census using new technologies to improve services and products? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Avi Bender, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Census Bureau.
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Mon, 04/01/2013
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What is the U.S. Census Bureau’s technology innovation strategy? How is Census using new technologies to improve services and products? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Avi Bender, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Census Bureau.
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Avi Bender
Friday, January 11th, 2013 - 11:38
Avi Bender is currently the Chief Technology Officer for the US Census Bureau, in charge of Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance. He is leading the optimization of Census' IT through standards, shared services, and innovation. Prior to the Census, Avi was the Director of EA at the Internal Revenue Service. Prior to joining the IRS, Avi held executive level positions at IBM, Price Waterhouse LLP, GTE (Verizon), and he was the cofounder of a software company.
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Challenge.gov: Using Competitions and Awards to Spur Innovation
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 - 12:58
The America COMPETES Act — adopted in 2010—provides statutory support for conducting public contests and providing awards to winners. The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum in March 2010 on agencies’ use of challenges and prizes to provide agencies with more guidance on how to conduct such initiatives.
Richard Boly
Monday, December 3rd, 2012 - 14:19
Technology and new innovations have triggered changes in the ways people interact. The U.S. Department of State has sought to leverage these new innovations in service of its diplomatic and development goals. In this dynamic, interconnected world, State has also sought to restructure its organization and how it operates, advancing diplomacy by pursuing effective knowledgesharing while expanding the use ofcollaborative technology.
Challenge.gov: Using Competitions and Awards to Spur Innovation
Thursday, August 30th, 2012 - 14:20
One new approach is the use of challenges, which use “crowdsourcing” to canvass solution approaches for particular problems. Challenges open up new avenues for connecting people who have innovative ideas to people in government who can implement these ideas. A recent IBM Center report, Managing Innovation Prizes in Government by Luciano Kay, examined various models pioneered in the private sector to connect innovators with ideas to businesses looking to solve problems. This report by Dr.
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L Peat O'Neil
Some Members of Congress and free-lance politicians presume to comment on the thoughts and intentions of the "Framers" or the "Founding Fathers" without the benefit of actually reading their words. The Business of Government was logistically more difficult then, though more civil and intimate. Their collaboration and transparency is evident in the drafts of various seminal documents of the Republic of the United States of America. What can innovative and creative citizens with their elected representatives do to promote efficient national planning in a public forum using 21st century communications tools ?
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