NASA Expands Crowdsourcing Program
The Washington Technology website reported that in 2020, NASA named 19 companies to the NASA Open Innovation Services 2 contract with a $24.9 million ceiling. The program is used to launch prize competitions through the NASA Tournament Lab, which is part of NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. “Federal agencies often have a backlog of challenges that can be best addressed by tapping into the expertise of a network of best-fit industry leaders,” Rod Adkins, Accenture Federal Services’ lead technical adviser to NASA, said. Accenture’s role will be to bring new methodologies and engage new partners for NASA.
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