Challenge.

gov
Connecting Agencies and Citizens Around
Our Nation’s Challenges
March 8, 2010 OMB Memo on Challenges and Prizes

“To support agencies in the execution

of prizes that further the policy
objectives…the administration will
make available a web-based platform
for prizes and challenges within 120
days.”

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The First 60 days

Market
Research
Free
Offers Legal &
Contract
Discussions Request for
Information
(No-Cost
Platform) Evaluation
of
8 Offers Selected
ChallengePost
(No-Cost
Contract)

March – April, 2010

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The Second 60 days

Designs
Wireframes And
Content

REFINE: Agile Development of

Additional
Functionality; Challenge Platform in Build
Bug Fixes;
Improvements
<60 Days

TEST:
Functionality;
Push to
Usability;
Staging
Accessibility;
Security

May – June, 2010

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Key Points

• No cost
• Less than 60 days to develop
• Met the July 6 deadline
• Stable platform on proven code base, with
lots of functionality
• Ready for agencies to add challenges
• Outreach to agencies now
• Public launch after agencies add
challenges (Sept)
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The Technology is Ready

On July 7, agencies can create new and

enter existing challenges.

We’ll demo this now.

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Demo of Challenge.gov

Brandon Kessler / CEO and Founder, ChallengePost

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Next Steps
• Outreach to Agencies: Listservs, briefings, demos,
phone help
• Growing the Pipeline: Agencies conceive and add
challenges prior to public launch
• Create Content: Videos

• Continuous Improvement: Security, accessibility,

usability, QA
• New Features: Judging platform, suggest a challenge,
templates by challenge type
• Public launch: Decide date

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Help Wanted!

• Agency Outreach
• Find and encourage challenge opportunities
• Evangelize for using Challenge.gov

• Prepare for Public Launch

• Video to feature on Challenge.gov

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Due Diligence on Policy
• Persistent cookies
• Paperwork Reduction Act
• Terms of Service
• Privacy Impact Assessment and privacy policy
• Security of cloud and application
• Section 508 compliance and accessibility

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Additional Handouts Available
• List of current and planned challenges
• Fact sheet
• Agency outreach plan
• Screenshots from demo
• Detailed project workplan

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