How to get a bunch of smart college students to help your agency solve the big challenges

Summary: What if you had a hundred colleges and universities focusing on your agency's top challenges? That's the idea behind a program called Hacking for, well, name your mission. Public administration challenges get translated into semester-long courses at various schools and the results are delivered back to the original agency. Now a bill in Congress would make it easier for all agencies to use the program, coordinated by a non-profit called Common Mission Project or CMP. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all of this with CMP executive director Alex Gallo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices