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    {"title" :"Introducing the New Challenge.gov","summary" : "Challenge.gov now hosts the full federal-wide listing of crowdsourcing competitions and has a back-end platform for agencies to create and manage their competitions. The site is managed and produced within GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technology (OCSIT) group. The main feature is a complete","date" : "2014-10-02T14:23:53-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tammi-marcoullier" : "Tammi Marcoullier"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-02-introducing-the-new-challenge-gov.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/10/2014-10-02-introducing-the-new-challenge-gov.md","slug" : "introducing-the-new-challenge-gov","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/02/introducing-the-new-challenge-gov/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/04/600-x-165-ChallengeGov-logo.jpg\"\n    alt=\"The Challenge dot gov logo\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eChallenge.gov now hosts the full federal-wide listing of crowdsourcing competitions and has a back-end platform for agencies to create and manage their competitions. The site is managed and produced within GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technology (OCSIT) group.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe main feature is a complete listing of federal challenge and prize competitions, including archives going back to 2010. For website visitors searching for competitions, this is an easy to search tool that can help people find competitions based on:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType of challenge\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrize amount\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe site is also an archive of closed competitions so that you can see winning entries and learn from what agencies have already done to drive innovation in their areas of expertise.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you work for a federal agency, a quick tutorial:\u003c/strong\u003e To list a challenge that is hosted on another platform or website, you’ll simply fill in the text boxes with the details (Title of challenge, tagline, summary, prize amount, sponsoring agency, a logo or image, etc.), then click the button “On an external site” as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere will the challenge be hosted?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn \u003ca href=\"https://www.challenge.gov/list/\"\u003eChallenge.gov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn an external site\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdd the link to the third party site, save, and publish.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who are launching or listing a competition in this month, we are providing individual training. [Email the Challenge team](mailto:challenge@gsa.gov?subject=Individual Training Session) to schedule a 30 minute session. You are also welcome to peruse the on-demand video of our original training webinar to get you started.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw58jVvppAw\u0026amp;w=600]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany thanks to our long-time partner and platform provider, \u003ca href=\"http://www.challengepost.com\" title=\"ChallengePost.com\"\u003eChallengePost\u003c/a\u003e, for a fabulous four years of federal innovation. ChallengePost, along with 15 other competition companies, is listed on \u003ca href=\"http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/sinDetails.do?scheduleNumber=541\u0026amp;specialItemNumber=541+4G\u0026amp;executeQuery=YES\"\u003eSchedule 541-4G\u003c/a\u003e. This lists business that agencies can work with directly to tap into expertise to help manage and run their programs. To learn more about how to procure competition services, read \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/15/helpful-hints-writing-rfps-so-real-businesses-can-respond/\" title=\"Helpful hints, writing FRP's for Challenges\"\u003eHelpful Hints: Writing RFP’s\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/challenges-prizes/\" title=\"Challenges \u0026amp; Prizes Community\"\u003efederal-wide community of practice\u003c/a\u003e for feedback, testing, and input that led to these updates and improvements. We look forward to bringing you more features that matter over the next few months.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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