Voting for the HHS People’s Choice Award for 2012 is Now Closed
Join us as Secretary Sebelius announces her top picks in Round 5 and the Winner of the “People’s Choice” Award on September 24, 2012
We invite you to participate in the Round 5 awards ceremony via telecast at http://www.hhs.gov/live/. The ceremony will be held on September 24 from 11:00-11:30am.
Background on HHSinnovates
The HHSinnovates program was created as part of HHS’s Open Government efforts to celebrate innovation by our employees. The program is aimed at building a culture of innovation at HHS through facilitating the exchange of innovative ideas throughout the Department. This contest seeks not only to recognize and reward good ideas but also to help promote them across the Department.
Twice a year, HHS employees are invited to submit innovations via an internal intranet site. The top innovations are posted for secure, online voting and commenting by the internal HHS community who select the finalists. From the finalists, winning innovations are selected by the Secretary. In addition to the Secretary Award, this time, for the first time ever, in the spirit of open government we have posted summaries of the winning innovations and asked the public to cast their vote and help us to select “The People’s Choice”.
Launched in the spring of 2010, the HHSinnovates program has undergone five rounds to date. Our employees have submitted nominations for nearly 450 exciting new staff-driven innovations, and over 50,000 votes have been cast by our employees during the community voting phase. Public voting has also help to bring additional exposure to exciting new innovations happening at HHS.
The last five rounds of HHSinnovates have demonstrated how HHS employees have overcome resource constraints, complicated schedules, and complex organizational dynamics to provide creative, replicable and sustainable innovations that demonstrate outstanding leadership and promising results.