Finding and applying government open data to the real world is hard—making an impact with it is even harder. That’s where the Census Open Innovation Labs (COIL) comes in. Through their work, they’ve developed innovation programs that use things like open briefs, data, and human centered design to solve problems and bring people together.

Through COIL’s open data technology accelerator, The Opportunity Project, the organization connects you with experts from the tech industry, communities, and government to help turn open data into life-changing tech in just 12 weeks.  They provide access to subject-matter and data experts from across government and industry to accelerate the creation and adoption of digital tools to solve the nation’s greatest challenges by leveraging government open data. By applying human centered design, agile principles and methods, COIL makes virtual cross-sector collaboration easy and effective in the intersection of social impact and technology development.