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[Secretary Sebelius] HHS is a place that welcomes your perspective and your ideas.
[Tom Parks] More than one hundred initial submissions --
[Yvonne Green] I was very surprised by all the variety of things
that the department is involved in and how they could look at
problems and solve them in a different way.
[Tom Parks] We have six teams that were selected to be here today.
[Rachel Ballard-Barbash] I think the HHS Innovates Program acknowledges the need
for that type of very creative, very global thinking.
[Tom Parks] It was extremely difficult making a distinction within
the six to three that are secretary's picks.
[Yang Fann] When you enter an Innovation Award, the goal is not
to get the award but the process you went through.
[Rachel Ballard-Barbash] No idea is too small for people to consider how it can
be solved through innovation and through partnership.
[Yang Fann] This innovative world program should be put in every agency
to get us into one big HHS family.
[Yvonne Green] I think HHS Innovates is a good program and I'm looking forward
to seeing what else people come up with.
[Tom Parks] We're celebrating all of you, you're all rock stars.
You're all inspirations to all of us.
[Secretary Sebelius] Fresh perspective and openness
will make us a better department.
And that's what the culture of innovation is really all about.