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

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 charge every major federal agency with naming a chief innovation officer to craft and implement strategies for how the agencies themselves will innovate internally, and also how they can spur innovation in the sectors of the economy they impact.

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

ITIF responds to the Administration's request for comments on the Strategy for American Innovation.

Comments to White House on Strategy for American Innovation RFI

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

Congress should create an “Innovation Voucher” program for NIST to innovation and stimulate knowledge transfer by allowing small and mid-sized enterprises to “buy” expertise from universities, national labs, and research institutions.

To Do: Create an “Innovation Voucher” Program Under NIST

To Do: Create an "Innovation Voucher" Program Under NIST

ITIF hosted an expert panel discussion marking the release of a new report discussing the future of the federal government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and the role small businesses can play in driving innovation.

How to Improve Support for Small Business Innovation, Research, and Technology

Congress should allow agencies to reach out to customers who affirmatively opt in to ask their views on the quality of government services and to give them timely information.

To Do: Create an Innovation Ideas Panel

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Enabling Customer-Driven Innovation in the Federal Government

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To Do: Create an OMB Office of Innovation Policy Review

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

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