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    {"kicker" : "Join the Challenge & Prize Community","title" :"Challenge \u0026 Prize","summary" : "We encourage public participation in crowdsourcing competitions to find innovative government solutions.","deck" : "","date" : "2013-12-05T10:46:00-05:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jarah-meador" : "Dr. Jarah Meador"},"topics" : {
        
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        "members" : "800",
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/communities/challenges-prizes.md","slug" : "challenges-prizes","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/challenges-prizes/","aliases" : {"0" : "/challenges-prizes-community/"},"weight" : "1","content" :"\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/challenge-gov-2021-logo-600_w200.png\"  alt='The Challenge.gov logo for 2021 as a square. It has the URL in capital letters on a dark blue background. The word challenge and period are in bold white text, and the gov part of the domain appears in thin orange text. On the right third of the background is a field of small, light blue-ish gray circles.'\n    srcset=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/challenge-gov-2021-logo-600_bu.jpg 48w,https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/challenge-gov-2021-logo-600_w400.png 400w,https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/challenge-gov-2021-logo-600_w200.png 200w\"\n    sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 40vw, 400px\"\n  /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThinking about crowdsourcing and incentives as innovative ways to tackle problems within your agency? Want to talk to someone who has done it? Better yet, want to talk to somebody within your own agency, or someone who has run the same type of competition you want to run?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you answered yes to any of these questions, the Challenge and Prize Community of Practice (CoP) is for you!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"who-we-are\"\u003eWho we are\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHackathons, grand challenges, data jams, map-a-thons—it’s all crowdsourcing. Our community strives to tap into the public braintrust to help government solve complex problems. We are a thriving inter-agency community of over 800 dedicated and passionate civil servants encouraging innovation in government. Membership and participation are open to federal, tribal, state and local government.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-we-do\"\u003eWhat we do\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur members exchange ideas, review best practices, and provide a sounding board on crowdsourcing policies and procedures. We are changing the way the government does business, advising our organizational leaders on new ways to source innovations—wherever they emerge—at tremendous cost avoidance and in a fraction of the usual procurement time.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur community supports and encourages the use of incentivized competition to attract and engage the public to help us meet critical government needs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMembers of the Challenge and Prize CoP gather regularly to share ideas, review best practices, and discuss policies and procedures. These convenings are designed to thoughtfully serve the needs of our diverse community members. A few examples are office hours, spotlight chats, deep dives, and thematic forums. We also host a listserv for members to ask questions, announce new challenges and prizes, and more.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"related-resources\"\u003eRelated Resources\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOfficial listing of federal prizes and challenges: \u003ca href=\"https://www.challenge.gov\"\u003ehttps://www.challenge.gov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChallenge.gov e-Newsletter: \u003ca href=\"https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGSATTS/subscriber/topics?qsp=USGSATTS_6\"\u003ehttps://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGSATTS/subscriber/topics?qsp=USGSATTS_6\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToolkit and resources on running challenges: \u003ca href=\"https://www.challenge.gov/toolkit\"\u003ehttps://www.challenge.gov/toolkit\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaylist of challenges and prizes webinars: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9b-GuOJ3nFeJeAHAn3Z5opohjxIw8OC\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9b-GuOJ3nFeJeAHAn3Z5opohjxIw8OC\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/challengegov\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/challengegov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitter.com/challengegov\"\u003ehttps://www.twitter.com/challengegov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n"}
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