Celebrating 5 Years of Success with Challenge.gov

Today, GSA is hosting a group of innovators who are living proof that we are executing a key element of our vision for the agency — enhancing our role as proactive federal partners throughout the government.

Representing a variety of federal agencies and industry, this group is on hand to recognize a significant milestone for Challenge.gov, a symbol of open government innovation and the embodiment of our mission at GSA.

Today Challenge.gov is also celebrating its fifth anniversary.

In 2009, the White House’s American Strategy for Innovation issued a call for federal agencies to spur innovation and solve problems of national importance through the use of challenges and prize competitions. A year later, GSA launched Challenge.gov to provide agencies a place to list and host these challenges online.

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