The White House on Thursday announced the 18 fellows who will be assisting federal agencies and employees with some innovative projects over the next six months. Those projects range from creating an online marketplace that will make it easier for government to do business with small high-growth tech companies to expanding open data initiatives to make government information more publicly accessible.
“As everybody knows, innovation starts somewhere. … It came out of a discussion, was provoked by an observation or was inspired by a thought,” Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry said during an event Thursday at the White House. “And innovation is only worthwhile if it benefits somebody: it makes people’s lives better, it makes their lives easier, or it makes their lives longer. And we can’t forget that from end to end, there is always a human element in innovation.”
My colleague Joseph Marks has more on the Presidential Innovation Fellows program launch here.
What are your thoughts on this new program, and how will it change the way you and your agency work to innovate and solve problems?
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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