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    {"title" :"New White House Report: Prize Competition Use Increased 85% in 2013","summary" : "We are thrilled to share an update from our competition colleagues at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The third annual comprehensive report detailing the use of prizes and","date" : "2014-05-07T13:30:07-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tammi-marcoullier" : "Tammi Marcoullier"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/05/2014-05-07-new-white-house-report-prize-competition-use-increased-85-in-2013.md","slug" : "new-white-house-report-prize-competition-use-increased-85-in-2013","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/07/new-white-house-report-prize-competition-use-increased-85-in-2013/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/05/250-x-250-Executive-Office-of-the-President-of-the-United-States-Office-of-Science-and-Technology-Policy-seal.jpg\"\n    alt=\"The official seal for the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Office of Science and Technology Policy\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\nWe are thrilled to share an update from our competition colleagues at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The third annual comprehensive report detailing the use of prizes and competitions by federal agencies to spur innovation, engage citizen solvers, address tough problems, and advance their core missions is now available — \u003ca href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/competes_prizesreport_fy13_final.pdf\" title=\"prize authority progress report 2013\"\u003eFederal Prize Authority 2013\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read details about the remarkable results from 87 prize competitions implemented by 25 federal agencies in fiscal year 2013, representing a more than 85 percent increase from 2012.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCristin Dorgelo’s WhiteHouse.gov blog post \u003ca href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/05/07/using-prizes-engage-citizen-solvers-progress-report\" title=\"white house blog on 2013 competition report\"\u003esummarizes several of the trends\u003c/a\u003e reviewed in-depth in the report:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowth in the number of competitions and the size of prize purses\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncreased focus on using prizes to identify novel solutions (over other possible outcomes)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmphasis on creating a post-competition path to success for new solutions\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore prizes for effective and low-cost software and information technology solutions\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew models for engaging the public and building communities during competitions\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo see the full list of public prize competitions run in federal government, go to \u003ca href=\"https://challenge.gov/\"\u003eChallenge.gov\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us at a challenge and prize community meeting May 28 to review the findings \u0026ldquo;challenge dot gov community event\u0026rdquo;) of this report. This is open to federal employees who work on or are interested in launching federal challenge and prize competitions.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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