"On his first day in office, the President sent a memo directing all federal agencies to create unprecedented levels of openness in government. The team at the U.S. Department of Education took it to heart." — Message from Deputy Secretary Tony Miller

Our Open Government plan looks at our efforts to be more transparent, participatory, and collaborative during the first 16 months of the Obama Administration. More important, the plan describes how we intend to build on and improve those efforts.

Read our plan and tell us what you think—join the discussion!

Read a March 15, 2011, blog post in celebration of Sunshine Week.

Overview of the Plan

• Executive Summary
• Goals and Objectives

Sections of the Plan

• Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration in ED Programs
• Strategic Action Plan for Open Government
• Roadmap for Incorporating Principles of Openness into Core Agency Missions

Data Sets

Highlights

• Race to the Top
• Draft National Education Technology Plan
• ED Data Express (Flagship Initiative, Transparency)
• Open Innovation Web Portal (Flagship Initiative, Collaboration)
• Participation and Collaboration
• Improving Internal Processes

Evaluating Our Progress

Self Evaluation

• June 25, 2010 MS WORD (57 KB) | PDF (82 KB)
• April 23, 2010 MS WORD (64 KB) | PDF (87 KB)

Evidence for our score on the Open Gov Dashboard (February 2010).

Open Government Links

• Open Government Initiative
• December 8 memo from the Director of OMB
• Data.gov
• Recovery.gov

Archived information

Ideas Submitted during the February 6-March 19, 2010, Public Discussion Period