For the past seven years, GSA’s 10x program has invested in technology ideas from federal employees that became new products and services that help government deliver better. The name “10x” came from the idea that funded projects would return 10 times the value of the initial investment, making government tech 10 times better.
You’ve probably come across technology that was made possible with 10x funding before.
10x Record of Success
Born from simple ideas submitted by feds, here are a few of the platforms and innovative products that all got their start as 10x investments:
- Benefits Eligibility Awareness Recognition Service – a locator tool helping people find the benefits they might be eligible for following the death of a loved one, such as survivor payments, military funerals, and housing help.
- Bias Toolkit – a suite of digital tools helping civil servants identify, understand, and remove sources of bias in datasets and algorithms in order to deliver more equitably for people.
- gov – a secure digital account used by millions of Americans to sign in to participating government agency platforms.
- gov – a good-for-government website promoting the use of plain language for all federal government communications and supports the efforts of the Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN).
- The US Web Design System – an ever-growing library of reusable, modern web components that federal web managers across government use to deliver elegant digital experiences to the public…
Final Call
Join the government’s movement to invest in our greatest resource: the dedicated, creative, civil servants who deliver services to the public. Submit your ideas through the 10x website today!
Check out the 10x website to learn about what happens after you submit your idea. The 10x team expects to announce and begin new projects early in 2023. The deadline to submit is 11:59pm EST on November 30… Read the full blog post here.
