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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview : Founded in 2017 off of a popular crowdsourcing initiative, the Government Services Administration (GSA)’s 10X program internally crowdsources ideas to design new approaches and launch new programs. The General Services Administration, or GSA, has the job of ensuring government employees have what they need to do their jobs.

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Announcing the 2015 Global Innovation Survey

Imaginatik

To help innovation leaders and forward-thinking companies do better, Imaginatik has launched the 2015 Global Innovation Survey. This research initiative, a follow-up from a similar study in 2013, is aimed at defining the state of innovation in the enterprise in 2015. To take the survey, please visit this link.

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The secret to this government department’s innovation success: Small teams

Idea to Value

Is it possible for government agencies to innovate? And in the case of the US Government: a startup mentality. The federal government is the largest institution in the world, and spends $86 billion annually just on IT projects. Editor’s note: I did the math, and $86bn is more than the 2015 GDP of 125 countries!].

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

Overview : Sending people and objects into space was once so expensive, only a handful of governments could do it. At the same time, governments were trying to learn how to wage a “cold” war, a fight more about diplomacy and ideology than physical combat. The Promise of Space. Legislation such as the United States adopting the U.S.

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Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

This 2050 target is in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, the foundations of global consensus to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5c. The IEA also highlights the ratcheting up of global ambitions, both by leading governments, financial institutions and corporates. To 2030 , government action focuses on bringing new zero?

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Crowdsourcing Marijuana Prices for the Canadian Government

IdeaConnection

The Canadian government aims to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by the summer of this year. To help assess the drug’s impact on the economy the government has turned to Statistics Canada and it, in turn, has turned to the crowd. Currently, it relies on estimates.

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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

Behavioural nudges are clever policy tweaks often used by governments to influence the choices that people make. In 2010 the British Government set up a Behaviourial Insights Team (BIT), which became known as the ‘Nudge Unit’ Its aim was to save at least ten times its running cost.