Open Innovation in the Public Sector – Challenge.Gov – Public Administration Review
Ines Mergel and I have a paper accepted in Public Administration Review. Implementing Open Innovation in the Public Sector: The Case of Challenge.Gov As part of the Open Government Initiative (OGI), the Obama administration has called for new forms of collaboration with stakeholders to increase innovativeness of public service delivery. Federal managers can utilize Challenge.gov to […]
Leveraging Technologies in Public Agencies: The Case of the US Census Bureau and the 2010 Census – MI Working Paper #2011-01
Akshay Bhagwatwar and I have completed a paper on how the US Census Bureau leveraged technologies during the 2010 Census effort. The papers is being made available as part of the Metropolitan Institute Working Paper series. Emerging technologies are transforming government agencies and the nature of governance. In this paper, we outline how the US Census […]
IBM Center for the Business of Government Grant: Citizen Apps as a Democratizing Technology
I have received a grant from the IBM Center for the Business of Government for my research project, Citizen Apps as a Democratizing Technology: Challenges and Opportunities for Federal Agencies. This project will be conducted as part of the policy informatics portfolio at the Metropolitan Institute. Most US federal agencies have embraced President Obama’s vision […]