Open Innovation for Government

Live video chat by Ustream On April 14th, the PCR Project hosted an event with the Global Development Commons. The event fetured: Moderator Dr. Karin von Hippel, Codirector, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project Doug Comstock, Director, Innovative Partnership Program , NASA Dr. Jeremy Curtin, Coordinator, Intl Information Program, US Dept of State Dr. Beth Noveck, Open Government, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Karen Turner, Acting Director, Global Development Commons President Obama has called on the federal government to be more collaborative, transparent and participatory. To meet that goal, government agencies face a question that has long been a central challenge for the private sector: How do they innovate?