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+date: 2025/01/02
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+permalink: /blog/2025-1-2-accessibility-resources-for-challenge-managers/
+title: Ask Me Anything (AMA) with USAID and Accessibility Resources
+tagline: Resources to make federal prize competitions more accessible
+excerpt: A summary of November 2024 Challenge & Prize Community Office Hour Ask Me Anything session with USAID and accessibility resources.
+author: Quinn Slayton
+image: /assets/images/Challenge and Prize Community Office Hour Banner v2.png
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+image_alt_text: White text on blue background Challenge.gov Challenge and Prize Community Office Hours Learn. Share. Connect.
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+<p>At the Challenge and Prize Community Office Hours in November 2024, we took a deep dive on the ins and outs of open innovation at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  Ike Singletary II and Cassie Hoffman, challenge leaders from USAID, participated in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) to share about the implementation and structures USAID uses to run successful prize competitions.</p>
+
+<p>The AMA session was a special federal-only follow-up conversation to Challenge.gov’s webinar series on <a href="https://www.challenge.gov/events/">Federal Innovation Through Prize Competitions</a> with USAID. Challenge.gov hosted similar conversations with NASA, NIH, and DOE. You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhDR-OyaYKJotKNzVIgEgLV8s8-NlKD2S">watch the recordings</a> on Challenge.gov’s YouTube channel. We invited the USAID team to Office Hours to connect with the federal community and answer questions about their unique approach to federal prize challenges.</p>
+
+<p>We pivoted the conversation with a discussion on how agencies are ensuring challenge content is accessible under Section 508. Here are a few resources members of the community shared.
+<ul>
+<li><a href="https://www.section508.gov/">Section508.gov</a> provides guidance to federal agency staff who play a role in IT accessibility. The site addresses several key topics, including program management, roles and responsibilities, procurement, tools and training, and policy compliance.</li>
+<li><a href="http://Digital.gov">Digital.gov</a> has a resource to better understand the policy framework of the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA). Delivering <a href="https://digital.gov/resources/delivering-digital-first-public-experience/">a digital-first public experience</a> is a significant opportunity to improve the lives of millions by making it easier to access the information and services they use and count on each and every day.</li>
+<li><a href="https://designsystem.digital.gov/design-tokens/color/system-tokens/">U.S. Web Design System (USWDS)</a> provides system color tokens and other design resources, making it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites. </li>
+  </ul>
+</p>
+<p>What are your go-to accessibility resources? Come to the next Office Hours and share with the community.</p>
+
+
+<p><em>Office Hours are for Federal challenge managers, the Challenge & Prize Community of Practice, and other federal employees interested in learning more about prize competitions. They are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 12 pm ET via Zoom.gov. <a href="https://gsa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscOuurjkuGRsY2rziMZDcn5cGAVax8XM#/registration">Register here.</a></em></p>
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-        <h2 class="card-title text-center" style="font-weight: 900;">Fall 2024 Webinar Series</h2>
-        <h4>Federal Innovation Through Prize Competitions<br/></h4>
-         <p class="card-text text-center"> <b>Discover How Federal Agencies are Using Prize Competitions to Drive Innovation and Solve Problems</b></p>
-        <p class="card-text text-center"> Join Challenge.gov for a webinar series exploring how key federal agencies are using prize competitions to drive innovation, solve national challenges, and advance critical initiatives. Each session will highlight a different agency and their approaches to designing, delivering, and scaling prize competitions to advance their agency’s mission.
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-<p class="card-text text-center"><b>National Aeronautics and Space Administration</b>, December 11, 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET</p>
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-<p>Don't miss this chance to learn from federal innovation leaders. This series is ideal for federal employees or innovators interested in how prize competitions are advancing solutions from energy and health to global development and space exploration.</p>
-        <a href="https://gsa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/4817259767612/WN_QZ6RkJe6QGK8FgQt1fPlpA" class="usa-button usa-button"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Register</span></a>
+        <h2 class="card-title text-center" style="font-weight: 900;">Stay tuned for upcoming events</h2>
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 <h2 class="text-center margin-top-0">Past Events</h2>
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+        <h2 class="card-title text-center" style="font-weight: 900;">December 11, 2024</h2>
+        <h4>Federal Innovation Through Prize Competitions:<br/>
+        National Aeronautics and Space Administration</h4>
+      <p class="card-text text-center"> In the final session of Challenge.gov's Fall 2024 webinar series featured the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. </p>
+<p class="card-text text-center">Participants learned how NASA is using prize compmetitoins to drive innovation, solve national challenges, build networks of innovators, and advance critical initiatives.</p>
+         <p class="card-text text-center">Watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/ABobdao7l5Q?si=A_XJkuPOsToYEgnh">event recording</a>.</p>
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