Bev Godwin on the launch of Challenge.gov
Earlier this month, the General Services Administration (GSA) held an Industry Day to discuss ways in which industry and newcomers could team up to offer contest services to government agencies. This forms part of the President Barack Obama’s call for government to be more open and participatory.
As part of this, GSA, in collaboration with ChallengePost, have created challenge.gov, a:
one-stop source for all the challenges and contest being offered across the government
The website will be dedicated to hosting federal agency competitions to showcase innovation. GSA said in a statement:
Challenge.gov is a new platform that allows federal agencies to post challenges, and at the same time, allows the public to find federal challenges. It's now open to federal agencies to create challenges or showcase challenges from other platforms.
Bev Godwin, Director for New Media and Citizen Engagement explained the reasons behind the initiative:
GSA is taking citizen engagement to next level of co-creation by tapping the American spirit of creativity. We are accelerating new ideas and innovation as President Obama asked government to engage citizens to accelerate innovation and solve tough problems.
In the video below, Godwin and ChallengePost founder Brandon Kessler talk about the upcoming public launch of Challenge.gov and the potential of grand challenges to improve government efficiency and increase the speed of innovation.
For more on the launch of the site follow Bev Godwin (@BevUSA), and @challengegov on twitter, or check http://challenge.gov.
(H/T FCW.com)
