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NSF accelerator program brings science innovation to 300 teams in first two years

This is the start of the third year teaching teams of scientists (professors and their graduate students) in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps. This month we’ve crossed ~300 teams in the first two years through the program.

Breaking the wall in Chicago

Over the past few years, the civic innovation movement has grown tremendously. It's exploded really. Ten years ago, who would have imagined that Chicago would be a national leader in open government data?

FreshWrap: Healthcare.gov meets Rap Genius, DOD open source FAQs, Code for America 2014 and more

A wrap-up of this week’s civic technology and open government news.