Federal government challenges public to solve problems facing country

As part of the Obama administration’s Open Government Initiative, the General Services Administration will run contests with cash prizes to involve the public in solving real problems in government. -db
Wired
May 27, 2010
By Eliot Van Buskirk
The government’s prize-based challenge challenge system for crowdsourcing solutions to the government’s problems, announced Thursday, is one of several recent [...]

Federal government drops appeal of small business victory in Freedom of Information Act case

The Justice Department has dropped its appeal of a federal court decision to grant legal fees and requested information in a case brought by the American Small Business League. The League had used the Freedom of Information Act to request from the U.S. Small Business Administration the names and dollar amounts awarded to firms receiving [...]