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White House Electric Vehicle Datathon: Unlocking New Opportunities through Data
Summary: The White House is hosting its first-ever Electric Vehicle Datathon, and nominations for participation are now open. Don’t miss your chance to join the discussion! The White House Domestic...
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Federally Funded Research Results Are Becoming More Open and Accessible
Summary: Significant strides in improving public access to scholarly publications and digital data help usher in an era of open science. This week marks the 8th annual Open Access Week, when...
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Five Things DOE Learned from Making a Podcast
The Energy Department launched Direct Current, our first podcast, on May 9. The first episode—all about rooftop solar, as well as the history of our agency—has been well-received so far by press,...
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The Content Corner: Branches—Stick to the Vine
A branch that does not stick to its source of nutrition will wither away and die. Just ask anyone who has received a bouquet of beautiful flowers about how long they really last. In the same way, as...
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Remixing Content: Shining Sunlight on the SunShot Initiative’s Solar Energy...
With more than 400 projects in their portfolio, it can be difficult for the Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative to adequately convey the scope of the office’s work. The team can list their...
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My Data: Empowering All Americans with Personal Data Access
Summary: Consumers empowered with their own data are in the driver’s seat to make informed choices. In the 21st century economy, Americans rely on online services to access personal bank accounts, pay...
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Analytics.usa.gov: Now with Agency-Specific Dashboards
We’ve added agency-specific dashboards to analytics.usa.gov! Starting today, you’ll see a dropdown from the main analytics.usa.gov page that allows you to view the same dashboard, but filtered for...
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Challenges & Prizes Webinar Series Concludes, but Training Still Available
It began with a history lesson and ended with an eye to the future. In between, the Expert Training Series: How to Design & Operate Prizes to Maximize Success covered nearly every aspect of what it...
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Challenges, Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science: What’s the Dif?
There’s more than one way to harness the wisdom of the crowd. In honor of December’s monthly theme, we’re diving into and defining the various ways that federal agencies use public contributions to...
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The Data Briefing: Highlights from 300 Federal Mobile Moments
Pilin_Petunyia/iStock/Thinkstock DigitalGov’s theme this month is mobile moments, which explores the impact of mobile applications in the federal government. For this post, I am examining the more than...
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Challenge.gov Honors Federal Agencies, Staff for Raising the Bar on...
Photo by Ellie Van Houtte The biggest advocates for the use of challenges in the public sector gathered at the General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters, October 8, to acknowledge the...
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Negotiating a Mobile Terms of Service Agreement
Florin1605/iStock/Thinkstock In our personal lives, most of us barely pay attention to Terms of Service (TOS) agreements. But in our professional lives, as federal employees, mindlessly clicking...
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DigitalGov Summit Recap: No Longer the Team of No
cogal/iStock/Thinkstock No one likes to be told no. This is especially true at work, when you’re moving toward something that you feel is in the best interest of your customers. But so often in...
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An Innovation Framework That Delivers: The SunShot Catalyst Program
Behind every great innovation is a team. And behind successful innovation teams are efficient tools, processes, and most importantly, people. The Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative funds...
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The API Briefing: Making a Difference One Microtask at a Time
I recently found an app that provides a great service through crowdsourcing. Be My Eyes connects visually-impaired people with volunteers. Using the smartphone’s camera, the volunteers can perform...
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The API Briefing: Free Federal Energy and Economic Information Delivered...
Gunnar Pippel/Hemera/Thinkstock Back in November 2014, I wrote about the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’ FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data) API. A user can access 238,000 economic trends through FRED®...
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The API Briefing: Fulfilling the D(e)SIRE for Renewable Energy with the...
The Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency® (DSIRE®) provides information on incentives and policies for renewables and energy efficiency in the U.S. This joint project by the...
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Trends on Tuesday: Mobile Web Lessons From the CrowdSource Mobile Testing...
Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock Practice makes perfect. But in the mobile world, it’s testing that makes products better. For federal agencies that have developed their own apps or...
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8 New Federal-Friendly Apps and Services
DenisKot/iStock/Thinkstock Tackling technology tasks just got easier. Recently, federal agencies negotiated eight new Terms of Service (TOS) Agreements for free apps and services. DigitalGov has an...
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Saving Energy, One Green Button at a Time
kav777/iStock/Thinkstock Conserving energy is not a shot in the dark. Millions of people can now shine a light on their electricity usage as a result of a dynamic public-private partnership based on...
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