The Innovations in American Government Program is a significant force in recognizing and promoting excellence and creativity in the public sector. Through its annual awards competition, the Program provides concrete evidence that government can work to improve the quality of life for citizens and that it deserves greater public trust. By highlighting exemplary models of governments’ innovative performance, the Program serves as a catalyst for continued progress in addressing the nation’s most pressing public concerns.
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Applications are accepted throughout the year. Applications submitted on or before September 30th will be considered for the upcoming application cycle. Click Here for more information on the Innovations in American Government Awards program.
Innovation in American Government Awards Application
Click here for information on applying for the 2009 Innovations in American Government Award.
America's Top 50 Innovative government programs as well as the semifinalists of the Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform will be announced on April 15, 2008. These programs will compete for the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards. The 2008 finalists, to be announced June 3, 2008, will present to the National Selection Committee on June 12, 2008. To attend this free, public event, please contact Emily Kaplan.
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Each year, the members of the Innovations National Selection Committee meet to select the winners of the Innovations Awards. To view the current members of the Committee, along with brief biographies click here.
In 2007, the Ash Institute celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Innovations in American Government Awards Program. This milestone is an opportune time to revisit the impact of and lessons learned from government innovations worldwide, as well as to identify areas for new research in the field of government innovation. The Ash Institute is executing a constellation of activities surrounding the 20th Award Year, commenced at the awarding of the 20th Year of Innovations Award Winners in the fall of 2007, and culminating in an international conference where that will bring together finalists and winners of the Innovations in American Government Awards from the past 20 years and their counterparts from across the world.
The Innovations in American Government Awards Program, throughout its history, has generated a great deal of research based on winning and finalist programs and on the study of innovation. Below are the different types of research related to Innovations which others will find useful in their own work. The links below offer more information on Harvard Kennedy School case studies, books on government innovation, Ash Institute publications, as well as outside resources, some of which are produced by winners of the Innovations Award.
- April 15, 2008: Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Institute Announces Top 50 Innovations in Government
- April 15, 2008: Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Institute Announces Children and Family System Reform Semifinalists
- April 1, 2008: Ash Institute Announces Results of Innovations in American Government Awards Survey
- October 10, 2007: Federal, State and Local Government Programs Encouraged to Apply for 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards
- September 25, 2007: Seven Outstanding Programs Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winners
- September 25, 2007: ACCESS Florida Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner
- September 25, 2007: Chicago Police Department’s CLEAR System Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner
- September 25, 2007: The City of Seattle Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner
- September 25, 2007: Community Care of North Carolina Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner
- September 25, 2007: Genesee County Land Bank Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner
- September 25, 2007: High Point’s Overt Drug Market Strategy Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner
- September 25, 2007: King County Electronic Court Records Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner
- September 25, 2007: Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education Announced as Winner of IBM Innovations Award in Transforming Government
- September 12, 2007: The Ash Institute Announces Finalists for IBM Innovations Award in Transforming Government
- August 22, 2007: The Ash Institute Selects Most Innovative Programs in Global Government
- July 5, 2007: The Ash Institute Launches Its 'Innovations in Governance in the Twenty First Century' Book Series
- May 23, 2007: Innovations in American Government Finalists Present to Selection Committee
- May 1, 2007: Three Children and Family Service Initiatives Named Among the Nation’s Most Innovative Government Programs
- April 3, 2007: Finalists are Named for Innovations in American Government Awards Competition
- March 8, 2007: IBM and the Ash Institute Create International Award Program to Recognize Innovation in Government
- April 30, 2008: InterGovWorld Blogs - "Innovation in Government: Not an Oxymoron"
- April 22, 2008: The Chief - "FDNY Officers' Course Up For Harvard Award"
- April 22, 2008: The Coloradoan - "Climate Wise Turning Heads Across Nation"
- April 21, 2008: The Olympian - "Governor's Program Gets Nod from Harvard"
- April 18, 2008: The Barnstable Patriot - "All-America City Takes a Holiday, but Harvard Doesn’t"
- April 18, 2008: The Daily Item - "Anti-Human Trafficking Group Hailed"
- April 18, 2008: Washington Post - "Government Innovations: 4 Programs are Award Semi-Finalists"
- April 17, 2008: American City & County - "Harvard Names 50 Top Innovations in Government"
- April 17, 2008: Charlotte Observer - "Learn and Earn; Visionary N.C. Program Gets Deserved National Attention"
- April 17, 2008: redOrbit - "Learn and Earn Initiative Gets Top 50 Recognition"
- April 16, 2008: Daily News (NY) - "3 City Bids Make Top 50 Gov’t List"
- April 16, 2008: Hartford Courant - "In Our Towns: Energy-Saving Effort Honored"
- April 16, 2008: Harvard Crimson - "Kennedy School Honors Innovative Programs"
- April 16, 2008: The Leland Tribune - "Gov. Easley Annouces 'Learn and Earn' Named Among Harvard's Top 50 Innovations in Government"
- April 16, 2008: TMCnet - "Santa Fe Homes Gets National Nod for Work"
- April 15, 2008: Boston Globe - "Harvard Institute Hails Six Innovative Government Programs in Mass."
- April 15, 2008: Kansas City Star - "Youth Services Division Honored"
- April 15, 2008: NBC 25 - "DHS Academy Honored"
- April 5, 2008: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - "Restoring Confidence in our Region's Political Leadership"
- March 29, 2008: The Daily and Sunday Review - "Pickett Appointed to Pa. Arts Council"
- March 25, 2008: CBS News - "Bring Crime Back -- To The National Agenda"
- March 18, 2008: The Morning Call - "Helping Young Offenders Make a Better Choice"
- March 17, 2008: The Morning Call - "Valley Police Study Intervention Program"
- February 2008: KSG Bulletin - "Outside of the Box: 20 Years of Innovations"
- January 18, 2008: Indianapolis Star - "Peterson will Teach Class at Harvard this Spring"
- January 8, 2008: The Daily Star - "e-Procurement in Bangladesh"
- January 2008: Governing - "The Man Who Owns Flint"
- January 2008: Governing - "The Man Who Owns Flint: Extended Q & A"
- January 2008: Illinois Issues - "Orchids and Onions"
- December 4, 2007: The Daily Reveille - "Development Program Competing for Grant; Mobile Classroom Project Boosts Rural Business"
- November 27, 2007: Channel NewsAsia - "The Public-Private Way for ITE West Campus"
- November 26, 2007: KVAL.com 13 - "Eugene Wins National Award"
- November 20, 2007: American Spectator - "Giuliani's Lesson"
- November 16, 2007: dBusiness Pittsburgh News - "Grant Street Group Marks 10th Anniversar of Country's First Internet Bond Auction"
- November 10, 2007: The Register Guard - "County Lands Funds for Housing"
- November 8, 2007: Education Week - “Indianapolis Mayor's Surprise Loss Will Have Charter Implications” (subscription required)
- November 1, 2007: Youth Today - “Innovations in American Government Awards”
- October 28, 2007: Detroit Free Press - “Genesee Treasurer Seizes Property -- and Opportunity -- in Flint”
- October 25, 2007: The Daily Press - “Of the Youths, By the Youths”
- October 12, 2007: American City & County - “Harvard University Award Applications Due Monday”
- October 11, 2007: DCist - “National Coming Out Day, LGBT Events in D.C.”
- October 8, 2007: Nation’s Cities Weekly - “Cities Awarded for Innovations in American Government”
- October 7, 2007: Detroit Free Press - “Genesee Co. Land Bank Wins Grant”
- October 2, 2007: Jordan News Agency - “5/ Prince Faisal Attends Awards Distributing Ceremony at U.S. Government”
- October 1, 2007: Washington Monthly - “Best Care Everywhere; A Civilian VA for the Uninsured, and Maybe the Rest of Us”
- September 26, 2007: The News & Observer - “Harvard Honors Care Program; N.C. Project Helps Medicaid Enrollees”
- September 25, 2007: Associated Press - "Community Care, High Point Police Get Innovative Government Award"
- September 25, 2007: The Business Times - "ITE Wins Global IBM Innovations Award"
- September 25, 2007: Channel NewsAsia - "ITE Wins Prestigious Education Award by IBM and Harvard University"
- September 25, 2007: The Flint Journal - "Genesee County Land Bank Gets National Recognition"
- September 25, 2007: Government Technology Magazine - "Innovations in American Government Award Winners Announced"
- September 25, 2007: Government Technology Magazine - "King County, Wash., Electronic Court Records Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner"
- September 25, 2007: Lianhe Zaobao - "ITE Receives Harvard Award"
- September 25, 2007: The News & Observer - "State Innovation on Medicaid Wins Award"
- September 25, 2007: Singapore Today - "In the End, It's a Top Educator"
- September 25, 2007: The Straits Times - "ITE Wins Prestigious Harvard Award"
- September 25, 2007: WGHP Fox News - "Piedmont News Briefs, Sept. 25"
- September 25, 2007: WLS AM 890 AM, Chicago – Interview with Steve Goldsmith Regarding Chicago’s CLEAR
- September 25, 2007: WRAL.com - "Community Care, High Point Police Get Innovative Government Award"
- September 18, 2007: Greensboro News & Record - “High Point Police Win Award from Harvard”
- September 11, 2007: Daily Nation - "Kenya to Get Award for Excellence" (subscription required)
- September 11, 2007: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - “Kenya’s Public Service Recognized Again”
- September 11, 2007: The Standard - "Kenya Nominated for Harvard Award"
Since 1985, the Innovations in American Government Awards Program has recognized over 400 innovative programs and awarded a total of nearly $20 million in grants. Of these programs, 181 have been named winners and received $100,000 grants. An additional 266 programs were named finalists.
These programs represent the finest initiatives undertaken by American government during the last 20 years. Visit the Government Innovators Network to learn more about these creative government initiatives.