http://www.nadaimportante.org/en/US_innovation_policy/Blog on entrepreneurship, technological innovation, and venture capital.http://www.nadaimportante.org/895/Pending since some time ago: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/09/barack-obama-loves-startups-ne.php" target="_blank">Barack Obama Loves Startups: New Federal Office for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs</a>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:34:43 -0200http://www.nadaimportante.org/895/http://www.nadaimportante.org/888/<div class="titulo">Prizes and the US innovation policy</div> Interestingly, prizes are suggested as “high-risk, high-reward policy tools to solve tough problems” in the white paper <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/SEPT_20__Innovation_Whitepaper_FINAL.pdf">A Strategy For American Innovation: Driving Towards Sustainable Growth And Quality Jobs</a> (which describes the <a href="http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/09/obama_debuts_innovation_agenda.php">new President Obama's innovation agenda</a>). However, prizes are not widely used yet. Targeted federally-funded prizes have offered total rewards worth only about $50 million since 2004, first year of prize implementation for US agencies (see <a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40677.pdf">Federally Funded Innovation Inducement Prizes</a>). That figure may increase notably in the future if, besides those targeted prizes, prizes with purchase commitment are used.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:46:21 -0200http://www.nadaimportante.org/888/