Eighteen people were selected as “Presidential Innovation Fellows” and will spend...
Eighteen people were selected as “Presidential Innovation Fellows” and will spend six months in Washington, D.C., working to find innovative ways to improve federal lawmaking, particularly in Internet-related areas, the White House said Thursday (http://xrl.us/bnmxgt). “The Presidential Innovation Fellows program…
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leverages the ingenuity of leading problem solvers from across America together with federal innovators to tackle projects that aim to fuel job creation, save taxpayers money and improve the lives of Americans in tangible ways,” U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park said in a written statement. The fellows will be divided among five projects: Blue Button for America, which will find a way for Americans to access and download their health information online; RFP-EZ, which will attempt to create an online marketplace for the government and small technology companies; MyGov, which will develop a system for Americans to access federal government information and services; the 20% Initiative, which will help find electronic methods to transfer international development assistance payments; and Open Data Initiatives, which will work on making government data available in “computer-readable” formats.