White House Presidential Innovation Fellows

PIF Emilia Ndely-Ogundipe recently participated in a virtual session at FormFest 2024 alongside U.S. Digital Corps Fellow Louisa Sholar! Emilia and Louisa have been supporting the Low-Income Heat and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). During the session, they spoke about their research and approach to creating a plain language question bank aimed at assisting families filling out unemployment insurance applications. Great work Emilia and Louisa! 👏Check out the full video from their session here: https://lnkd.in/ejgQgSTf

📣 Calling all federal agencies! Are you looking for a senior-level, mission-driven tech leader? Need help accelerating change or driving impact? Submit a project proposal for a Presidential Innovation Fellow! We are accepting proposals now through March 10, 2025. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ehTazTaJ

📣 The wait is over — applications for our 2025 cohort are now open! We are looking for early-career technologists and recent graduates to work on high-impact projects that serve the American people. We bring on Fellows in five tracks: 🔹 Software engineering 🔹 Data science and analytics 🔹 Product management 🔹 Design 🔹 Cybersecurity The fellowship is a paid, full-time position that offers a competitive salary and Fellows can convert to a full‑time career position upon successful completion of the two-year program. We strongly encourage candidates to apply early as there will be an application limit in each track that may cause applications to close before the January 13 deadline. Apply today: https://lnkd.in/eZiFFzwb #CivicTech #CivicTechService #SoftwareEngineering #DataScience #AI #ProductManagement #Design #Cybersecurity #EntryLevel #DiversityInTech #TechJobs #USDigitalCorps

PIF Nina Maturu has been working closely with the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to bring participatory futures and design capabilities to the federal government. Check out this article to learn more about how she is embedding design-thinking and user-centricity into every part of ARPA-H, from ground-level to systems-level. https://lnkd.in/e7XZ6uvC 

PIF Acting Director Ryan Ross was one of the winners for the inaugural GovCIO AI Summit Flywheel Awards! ⭐ Ryan received the AI Talent Advocacy award, recognizing leaders that excel in recruiting, upskilling, and fostering an AI workforce through strategic partnerships and innovative training programs. We are so proud of you, Ryan!

PIF Emilia Ndely-Ogundipe will be speaking at FormFest 2024 on Wednesday, December 4! She will participate in a virtual panel alongside U.S. Digital Corps Fellow Louisa Sholar and their colleagues in the Low-Income Heat and Energy Assistance Program at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). They’ll  discuss their work in creating a plain language question bank to assist in modernizing unemployment insurance applications. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eGWx6iQz

Last month, PIF Ha-Hoa Hamano and her colleagues at NASA welcomed a group of PIFs to the Goddard Space Flight Center! 🚀 They took a tour of NASA’s Spacecraft Magnetic Testing Facility which is used to determine if technology will still work in space without Earth's magnetic field and discussed the impact of a strong solar flare from the night before with the heliophysics and solar weather teams. https://lnkd.in/e_VSQxWY The group also had the opportunity to see models hosted by the CCMC (Community Coordinated Modeling Center), which has democratized access to space science and solar weather models. https://lnkd.in/e_E2QyqZ What a great experience! ⭐

As a PIF, Becky Slogeris worked closely with the U.S. Department of Justice to launch Access DOJ, a department-wide initiative aimed at using human-centered design to make services more accessible, effective, and efficient. Check out her blog post on the lessons she learned along the way and learn more about the importance of human-centered design at the Justice Department: https://lnkd.in/ga_rWyEt

Congrats to PIF alumni Charles Worthington and Olivia Zhu for being named as winners of the 2024 FedScoop 50 Awards! ⭐Charles Worthington, CTO and Chief AI Officer at the Department of Veteran Affairs - Federal Leadership ⭐Olivia Zhu, Assistant Director for Artificial Intelligence Policy at the White House - Most Inspiring Up & Comer. Congrats again Charles and Olivia! https://lnkd.in/dN54CsUp

Kudos to PIF Renata Phillippi, who was part of the team that helped launch the new Federal Website Standards website at standards.digital.gov 👏 After months of hard work and collaboration across the federal web ecosystem, the new website will help agencies provide high-quality, consistent digital experiences for everyone. Congrats to Renata and the rest of the team!