Innovative Procurement
Solving Market Failures & Creating Industries
Tackling the greatest national challenges facing the United States requires a redoubled commitment to innovation. The United States put astronauts on the moon, split the atom, built the Internet, and sequenced the human genome. But progress has stagnated — and will continue to stagnate if we do not diversify our national approach to innovation. We must not only make investments in emerging technologies, but also experiment with new ways of solving problems.
Learn more about our work to help innovate government procurement below
Procurement Primer
Market-shaping mechanisms (MSMs), also known as “demand pull” mechanisms, are excellent tools for catalyzing solutions-oriented innovation.
Read our MSMs primer to learn more and see several examples and forward-looking use-cases to create a “marketplace of outcomes”.
Talent Support
Looking for knowledgable, creative procurement talent? Want to learn more about flexible hiring mechanisms?
FAS’ Day One Talent Hub works to identify, match, and deploy technical talent into federal agencies to tackle pressing priorities.
We’ve identified the key ingredients of successful moonshots that meet the moment, and developed recommendations about what future efforts can and should look like.
Complex systems – from ecological to political to socio-technical – rarely change the way we expect.
Federal data is a diverse ecosystem with well over 500,000 datasets – including those tackling Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).
This is a tremendous opportunity to redefine what people expect from government, and in doing so, inspire cities across the country to raise their own ambitions. We are excited to see this initiative lead the way and look forward to cheering your success.