News and Updates
Innovative work, news, and ideas from people and teams in government
Q&A With Ryan Day About GSA’s API Strategy
These new API standards will make it easier for GSA staff to launch and maintain good APIs.
A Year in the Life of a PIF
As a Presidential Innovation Fellow in my second year, I often get asked by the newer class of PIFs coming in, “What does a successful PIF year typically look like?”
Deep Dive: Using Data Technology + Innovation for Lyme Disease
A 14-week sprint delivered digital tools that used federal open data to address Lyme and tick-borne diseases.
In her path to becoming a product manager, she found the flexibility to explore new approaches to managing the product while periodically shaping her role into something that worked for the team.— via Office of Natural Resources Revenue
Go Beyond Coaching and Mentorship and Get Started as a Sponsor
One step beyond mentorship is another practice called sponsorship: action-orientated, deeply invested support that helps others in their long-term professional advancement.
Using Augmented Reality to Teach Kids about Currency
The U.S. Currency Education Program used research, prototyping, and user-feedback to develop a mobile app to teach young students about money.
Deep Dive: How a Health Tech Sprint Pioneered an AI Ecosystem
Seven teams created digital tools that help in finding experimental therapies for patients, and for clinical trials to recruit new patients.
Why Our Country Needs More Civic Tech Leaders
Government is a great place to work for technologists, data scientists, designers and entrepreneurs who want to serve and solve problems for the American people.
Introducing the 2019 Presidential Innovation Fellows
We are excited to announce our 2019 Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) who have begun their “tour of duty” in American tech.
Designing for Translation
Learn simple planning steps to successfully translate content into multiple languages.
Out On the Front Lines of Civic Tech
A look back at the Presidential Innovation Fellows work with federal agencies in 2018.