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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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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. And it happened in large part due to a drive for innovation and a desire to take the space program to the public. Similarly, government agencies can only work with approved vendors on contracts issued by their governments.

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Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Sorry for not keeping my promise to blog more in 2020 about responsible technology and artificial intelligence as I wrote in Happy New Year: The new roaring ’20 s. Responsible use of the digital enabled technologies that often inhibit artificial intelligence is still a topic of debate. Here’s what it says , MIT Technology Review.

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Managing Energy Transition through Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

For me, the energy transition that the world is undertaking requires all forms of innovation, to offer technically advanced, as well as breakthrough solutions, to an incredibly complex system of energy delivery. The critical enabler will come from technology and systemic innovation. The societal inhibitor is a real impediment.

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How best to use innovation to fight corruption: 2 Case Studies

Idea to Value

In one case I remember vividly from 2015, Nigeria’s former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki, was arrested for allegedly stealing $2bn [Ed: Yes, that’s a billion with a B] by awarding phantom contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and ammunition. The program costs the Indonesian government more than $1.5

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Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Sorry for not keeping my promise to blog more in 2020 about responsible technology and artificial intelligence as I wrote in Happy New Year: The new roaring ’20 s. Responsible use of the digital enabled technologies that often inhibit artificial intelligence is still a topic of debate. Here’s what it says , MIT Technology Review.

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Continuing the Energy Transition Journey

Paul Hobcraft

Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.” It is evident innovation must be way broader than just technological RD&D. During this past week, I have been working through specific aspects of the energy transition model.