Join the Niskanen Center and POPVOX Foundation for a dynamic, one-hour session designed specifically for Congressional staff, at any point in their career, who are interested in new approaches to ensuring smart, effective investment in government technology. This interactive event will explore how product model funding — a flexible, iterative approach used widely in the private sector — can help modernize how the federal government builds and maintains technology, and how to craft policy language to encourage this implementation approach.

Staff and interns are welcome; tea & coffee will be provided.

This is the second in a series of events hosted by the Niskanen Center and POPVOX Foundation on how Congressional staff can enable better implementation of policy, and “close the feedback loop” between the Legislative and Executive branches. You can find more information about the first event, The Implementation Gap here.

Why Attend?

• Hear firsthand stories of government technology development and deployment that worked — because it was funded and managed like a product

• Watch an interactive demo on building websites and project cost variability that shows how small changes in policy language can change implementation by Executive branch agencies

• Walk away with insights into how to craft policies to foster the development of government technology through a more intuitive and effective funding model

Regardless of your policy portfolio, this session offers practical insights and clear takeaways that reimagine effective government technology development, service to constituents, and IT-investment accountability.

About POPVOX Foundation

POPVOX Foundation is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization with a mission to help democratic institutions keep pace with a rapidly changing world. Through publications, events, prototypes, and technical assistance, the organization helps public servants and elected officials better serve their constituents and make better policy.

About the Niskanen Center

Named “The Most Interesting Think Tank in American Politics” by TIME Magazine in 2023, the Niskanen Center promotes policies that advance prosperity, opportunity, and human flourishing, guided by the belief that a free market and an effective government are mutually dependent.