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Helping our Nation’s Cities Through Open Government and Innovation
Posted by on June 20, 2012 at 5:13 PM EDTCities around the country are facing challenges, from increasing service demands, to tight budgets, to aging infrastructure. But city leaders are increasingly finding new and innovative ways to tackle these challenges, in part by harnessing the inherent power of the citizens that live there.
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NASA, FAA: Working Together to Expand U.S. Space Travel
Posted by on June 18, 2012 at 5:43 PM EDTToday, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the signing of an historic agreement to coordinate standards for transporting both government and non-government astronauts to and from space.
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Entrepreneurs and Innovators Rock 3rd Annual Health Datapalooza
Posted by on June 18, 2012 at 3:45 PM EDTUsing health-related data available from federal and state agencies, entrepreneurs are creating new applications and services that, for example, help consumers find the best health care provider for their families, doctors deliver the best possible care, and mayors make better-informed policy decisions.
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Making Broadband Construction Faster and Cheaper
Posted by on June 13, 2012 at 6:26 PM EDTThe President’s Executive Order and the US Ignite partnership are a two-pronged approach to help speed the delivery of broadband connectivity to communities, businesses, and schools across the Nation.
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Unleashing Innovation & Deepening Democracy Through Prizes
Posted by on June 12, 2012 at 1:54 PM EDTToday in Washington, hundreds of leaders from the White House and Federal agencies joined their peers from the Nation's most recognizable companies and organizations to develop strategies to use prizes and competitions as a key method to spark innovation and deepen citizen engagement.
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Disability Employment App Challenge: Educating Employers and Job Seekers with Disabilities
Posted by on June 12, 2012 at 11:57 AM EDTThe Department of Labor is challenging entrepreneurs and developers to create apps, using government data, that improve access to job training and transportation resources for those with disabilities.
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Income-Based Repayment: Tell Us Your Story!
Posted by on June 11, 2012 at 2:20 PM EDTLast week, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum that will streamline the application process for “Income Based Repayment” (IBR), a way for borrowers to cap their monthly student loan payments at 15% of income. The President has also taken action to lower this cap to just 10% by the end of 2012, likely reducing monthly student loan payments for over 1.6 million responsible student borrowers.
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Participate Tomorrow in Online Public-Sector Prizes Event
Posted by on June 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM EDTThe White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Case Foundation, and the Joyce Foundation invite you to virtually attend tomorrow’s Collaborative Innovation: Public Sector Prizes event. Public- and private-sector innovators will share noteworthy examples to help inspire the creation of additional high-impact incentive prizes, challenges, and other open-innovation initiatives in the public sector.
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Dr. Holdren Highlights Tech Development and Commercialization in New Mexico
Posted by on June 8, 2012 at 5:52 PM EDTOSTP Director John Holdren met with about 50 New Mexico science and technology business leaders in Albuquerque yesterday to discuss Administration initiatives that support technology development and commercialization, and to find out what issues are at the top of the New Mexico tech community’s agenda.
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The Power of Open Education Data
Posted by on June 8, 2012 at 5:25 PM EDTOn Tuesday, Vice President Biden, U.S. Education Department Secretary Arne Duncan, and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray hosted a roundtable with college presidents who pledged to provide clear, useful information to all incoming college students and their families, as part of their financial aid package, so that they can “know before they owe.”
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