Presidential Innovation Fellows Foundation

Bringing the principles, values, and practices of the innovation economy into government through the most effective agents of change we know: our people. We are the alumni organization for all former Presidential Innovation Fellows.

Emily Ianacone

Apr 26, 2017

Co-Designing A Healthy Future With Foster Youth & Families

Nick Sinai

Jan 20, 2017

President Obama’s Last Official Act

[UPDATE: WIRED published an article on January 27, “The Race to Pass Obama’s Last Law and Save…

Reflecting on my Tour of Duty

When I first joined the federal government I assumed an accurate metaphor was a giant ship, guided by the…

Smita Satiani

Aug 24, 2016

How We Hacked the Gender Pay Gap

By Smita Satiani, Deputy Director Presidential Innovation Fellows and Kyla Fullenwider, 2016…

Amy J. Wilson

Jul 22, 2016

Buying better digital products part 1: Proto-personas and understanding the problem

Recently, 18F and the Presidential Innovation Fellows launched the Digital Acquisition Accelerator, a 6–8 month program aimed at creating change agents within two agencies to inspire a…

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Amy J. Wilson

Jul 15, 2016

3 ways for digital acquisition teams to work better

By: Amy Wilson and Clara Tsao, Presidential Innovation Fellows

In early June, 18F and the Presidential Innovation Fellows announced the launch of the Digital Acquisition…

Amy J. Wilson

Jun 16, 2016

Treasury and FBI chosen to participate in the Digital Acquisition Accelerator pilot

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve selected the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of the Treasury as the first two agencies to participate in the Digital…

Selling to the federal government?

There’s a common perception that the government is slow and outdated, and it’s 98% accurate. It’s…

Kate

Jun 2, 2016

What we learned from The Opportunity Project

8 things the federal government can do to drive…

Puja Balachander

May 24, 2016

Presidential Innovation Fellows #Hackfostercare

Hacking the Pay Gap on Equal Pay Day

Co-Designing A Healthy Future With Foster Youth & Families

President Obama’s Last Official Act

Reflecting on my Tour of Duty

How We Hacked the Gender Pay Gap

Buying better digital products part 1: Proto-personas and understanding the problem

3 ways for digital acquisition teams to work better

By: Amy Wilson and Clara Tsao, Presidential Innovation Fellows

Treasury and FBI chosen to participate in the Digital Acquisition Accelerator pilot

Selling to the federal government?

What we learned from The Opportunity Project

8 things the federal government can do to drive…

Presidential Innovation Fellows #Hackfostercare

Hacking the Pay Gap on Equal Pay Day

By Ben Willman, Josh Patterson, Kyla Fullenwider and Smita…

Could conversational UI make government more user-friendly?

Announcing the launch of the Digital Acquisitions Pilot

Shipping in Government: 5 Things We Learned from Vote.USA.Gov