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- April 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM EDT
Open Government Plans' Anniversary is a Testament to Hard Work at Agencies
One year ago today, in response to the President’s Open Government Initiative, agencies released their open government plans.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:24 AM EDT
Access to Capital: Fueling Business Growth and Job Creation
CTO Aneesh Chopra talks about his recent work with Startup America. Also, join a live discussion with NEC Director Gene Sperling and SBA Administrator Karen Mills at noon on the initiative.
- March 17, 2011 at 6:07 PM EDT
Three Trends on Fostering Innovation through Open Government
Last Sunday, economist Dick Thaler wrote an article in the New York Times highlighting the many ways innovators are using government data to create platforms, applications, and other useful tools that touch the lives of our friends and neighbors.
- March 17, 2011 at 1:48 PM EDT
Sunshine, Savings, and Service
Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, takes to the White Board to explain how the IT Dashboard website helped save $3 billion in taxpayer funds and make government more efficient by shining a light on the federal government’s IT projects.
- March 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM EDT
Investing in Open Government to Create A More Efficient and Effective Government
The Obama Administration has made it a priority to share government information – what the President has called a “national asset” – to improve citizen education and decision-making, and to spur innovation and job creation.
- March 16, 2011 at 11:18 AM EDT
Sunshine Week 2011 and Our Ongoing Commitment to Open Government
Sunshine Week provides an ideal time to recount the Administration’s many open government successes since last March.
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Apps for Africa
The State Department's challenge to build the best digital tools to address community challenges in Africa.
Open NSTC
Submit your ideas on improved advanced manufacturing, modeling and simulation.
OPEN GOVERNMENT POLICY
The President’s Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government
The President’s first executive action, the Open Government Memorandum calls for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government.
The Open Government Directive
The Directive hardwires accountability, instructing every agency to open its doors and data to the American people. (also available as pdf, txt, and doc)
PRA Primer
An easy to understand primer about the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
Social Media and the PRA
Guidance on using social media within the framework of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Increasing Openness in the Rulemaking Process – Use of the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN)
Guidance to help improve the public’s ability to track regulatory actions throughout their lifecycle in order to promote informed public participation.
Paperwork Reduction Act - Generic Clearances
A streamlined process for agencies to meet their obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act for voluntary, low-burden, and uncontroversial collections.
Improving Electronic Rulemaking Dockets
Promoting greater openness in the regulatory process by providing comprehensive electronic regulatory dockets online..
M-10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies
Guidance for using web measurement and customization technologies to improve the Federal Government’s services online.
M-10-23, Guidance for Agency Use of Third-Party Websites and Applications
Guidance for agencies using third-party websites and applications to engage with the public.
Disclosure and Simplification as Regulatory Tools
How to use disclosure and simplification to achieve regulatory objectives.
Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government
The Guidance provides a policy and legal framework for the use of prizes and challenges to promote open government, innovation, and other national priorities.
A Strategy for American Innovation: Driving Towards Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs
The President’s strategy identifies public sector innovation as critical to creating a national environment ripe for entrepreneurship.
Data.Gov Concept of Operations
The ConOps paper outlines the going-forward strategy for Data.gov and is open to comments and suggested improvements. (download as pdf or doc)
Memorandum on Controlled, Unclassified Data
Establishing an open and uniform program for managing controlled, unclassified data
