President Obama's first executive action was to sign the Memorandum on Transparent and Open Government, calling for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government. The United States federal government has been engaged in a wide array of activities from adopting new policy to procuring technology platforms designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government. This talk will explore the opportunities and challenges of bringing innovation to government. We will examine the Administration's work to open up the doors and data of government and build a culture of accountability and engagement. By replacing the traditional reflex ("Theres a form for that") with innovative cloud-based platforms ("There's an app for that!) to enable collaborative ways of working across government and between government and the private sector, we hope to reengineer political institutions to bring expertise in and communicate priorities and problems out. We will address both the policy and the technology at the heart of these efforts to transform the culture of government.