Developments and articles of interest from the last week:

• Last week the US Government launched Challenge.gov, a platform for US Government agencies to issue challenges and collaborate with the public in finding solutions. GovLoop provides some detail about the platform, the context for it, and what it will be used for.
• Civic Commons was launched last week – an independent non-profit organisation that will share code and best practice for technology applications across city governments in the US.
• Dr John Steen from the University of Queensland looks at the issues of innovating in large projects, such as infrastructure projects.
• The Gov 2.0 Summit was held in Washington DC – their site has links to the presentations and interviews.

As always, please feel free to link to any other developments or articles relating to public sector innovation from the last week in the comments below.