AI for Impact 
At-your-own pace online courses
InnovateUS provides free, self-paced online courses designed specifically for public sector professionals. Our programs build practical skills in AI and innovation that can be applied directly to government work. Our goal is to help public servants use technology and new ways of working to improve how government serves people.
Responsible AI for Public Professionals
Through hands-on activities, these free courses showcase the practical ways you can use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in your work as a public professional. Addresses what to do and how to avoid risks.
This course consists of 2 parts:
Part 1 - Using GenAI in Government
Part 2 - Understanding Risks and Building Resilience
Responsible AI for Public Organizations
This two-part course guides public sector professionals through building impactful, responsible AI initiatives. Learn to align AI with agency goals, manage risks, and develop necessary skills. Free, self-paced, and open to all interested in using AI to transform government work.
This course consists of 2 parts:
Part 1 - Designing AI Projects in Government
Part 2 - Implementing AI Projects in Government
What Works: Fast Field Scanning with AI
This course is designed to help public professionals accelerate the process of finding and implementing urgently-needed evidence-based solutions to public problems. This course is brought to you in partnership with Results for America and Solutions Journalism Network.
Responsible AI for Public Sector Legal Professionals
This two-part course is designed for public sector legal professionals at all levels who are interested in learning more about safe and responsible individual use of GenAI tools. These free, online at-your-own-pace courses are designed for public sector lawyers and legal support staff to enable safe and responsible exploration and use of GenAI in your day-to-day work.
This course consists of 2 parts:
Part 1 - Using Generative AI: Everyday Tools and Best Practices
Part 2 - Designing AI Policy, Projects, and Societal Impact
Open Justice
Open justice is a growing movement to use new technologies, including big data, digital platforms, blockchain and more, to improve our legal system by making the workings of our legal institutions easier to understand, scrutinize and, we hope, improve. This course is designed to help the public entrepreneur – passionate individuals like you.
The Innovation Skills Accelerator.
Based on research with thousands of public servants across three continents, our problem-solving curriculum gives you the digital, data and innovation skills to deliver more effective, equitable and engaged policies and services.
Human-Centered Design
Designed by Virginia Hamilton, this course gives participants a substantive overview of the human-centered design framework and offers opportunities to practice applying concepts from the course to your work.
Building AI That Works: Implementation Strategies for Public Service
This course is designed for decision makers, organization leaders, and those interested in helping their teams responsibly adopt AI, select and prioritize AI projects. This course was formerly titled "Responsible AI for Public Professionals: Scaling AI in Your Organization."
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Using Generative AI at Work
This free, self-paced online course helps you integrate GenAI tools into your government work, enhancing public service delivery while managing risks responsibly.
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Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: Practical Strategies for Public Participation
This free, self-paced course equips you with the skills to design, run and learn from meaningful engagement with communities and employees.
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Driving Innovation in Government: From Ideas to Scaled Impact
In this course, Professor Anita McGahan equips public professionals with practical strategies to design, test, and scale innovations—leveraging AI and new technologies and private sector collaboration to improve the public good.
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AI for Public Sector Procurement
Developed in collaboration with Partners for Public Good with support from the National Association for State Procurement Officials, this course will equip procurement and other public sector professionals with the skills to use Generative AI to improve competitiveness, effectiveness and efficiency in procurement.