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SXSW: How the State Department is working with start-ups, discovering new technology
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When you think of innovation and technology within the federal government, you may think of the National Science Foundation, NASA, maybe even the Defense Department.
The State Department? Not so much. But Rebecca Taylor, an esteemed entrepreneur, has worked to change that. She recently spent three years serving as a senior advisor inside the agency.
Through this program, the agency works with universities to hold competitions for students and professors who are creating technology that could help the State Department tackle any number of challenges around the world. I2P, Taylor said, is the agency’s primary tool for finding very early-stage companies or even entrepreneurs with only a concept or idea they want to pitch.
By J.D. Harrison
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