IdeaScale Powers 23 Crowdsourcing Sites For The U.S. Government

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Agarwal, wrote that the government is using a crowdsourcing tool, IdeaScale, to get a consensus on the ideas to spur IT innovation around the California’s IT systems. Currently, 23 agencies in the U.S. Federal Government are using IdeaScale to power crowdsourcing initiatives. Agencies can also participate in the discussion by commenting on ideas and posting updates, effectively creating a community around this ideation. For example, the U.S. Department of State is using IdeaScale to crowdsource ideas and suggestions on policy. President Obama’s government has been a fan of crowdsourcing, and has used similar tool Google Moderator to power citizen participation on Change.gov, and Town Hall meetings.

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