The administration should establish a chief innovation officer (CINO) whose responsibility would be to coordinate and drive innovation within the federal enterprise.

To Do: Establish a Federal Chief Innovation Officer

The White House or Congress should create an OMB Office of Innovation Policy Review to push agencies to either affirmatively promote innovation or achieve a particular regulatory objective in a manner least damaging to U.S. innovation.

To Do: Create an OMB Office of Innovation Policy Review

The Obama administration should create an Office of Innovation Policy that would draw upon, and feed into, existing regulatory review processes but would have the specific mission of being the “innovation champion” within these processes.

Structuring U.S. Innovation Policy: Creating a White House Office of Innovation Policy

The White House should create a process for companies and entrepreneurs to present innovative ideas to a small panel of OMB officials to help them gain better insight into key problems and types of solutions that keep presenting themselves in government.

To Do: Create an Innovation Ideas Panel

In an ITIF report to be released, Duke Law School professors Stuart Benjamin and Arti Rai propose that the Obama administration (or Congress, if Congress is willing) create an Office of Innovation Policy.

The White House should direct federal agencies to develop sector-specific AI strategies to spur AI adoption and development in industry.

To Do: Develop Sector-Specific AI Strategies

White House Office of American Innovation Can Transform the Enterprise of Government With Customer-Driven Approach to Core Functions, Says ITIF; New Report Provides Detailed Recommendations for Process, Service, and Business-Model Innovations

ITIF released an open memo to President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team outlining actionable proposals that the new administration can accomplish in its first year to bolster America’s innovation economy.

America’s Greatness Hinges on Strong Innovation Economy, Says ITIF; Leading Tech-Policy Think Tank Offers Trump Administration a Quick-Start Policy Checklist for 2017

America's Greatness Hinges on Strong Innovation Economy, Says ITIF; Leading Tech-Policy Think Tank Offers Trump Administration a Quick-Start Policy Checklist for 2017

The administration should expand the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program, which fosters entrepreneurship that can lead to the commercialization of technology that has been supported previously through NSF-funded research.

To Do: Name a Chief Innovation Officer for Every Major Federal Agency

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Transition Memo to President Trump: How to Spur Innovation, Productivity, and Competitiveness

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To Do: Establish a Federal Chief Innovation Officer

To Do: Create an OMB Office of Innovation Policy Review

Structuring U.S. Innovation Policy: Creating a White House Office of Innovation Policy