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One year ago today, in response to the President’s Open Government Initiative, agencies released their open government plans.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sunshine Week provides an ideal time to recount the Administration’s many open government successes since last March.
The State Department's challenge to build the best digital tools to address community challenges in Africa.
Submit your ideas on improved advanced manufacturing, modeling and simulation.
The President’s first executive action, the Open Government Memorandum calls for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government.
The Directive hardwires accountability, instructing every agency to open its doors and data to the American people. (also available as pdf, txt, and doc)
An easy to understand primer about the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
Guidance on using social media within the framework of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Guidance to help improve the public’s ability to track regulatory actions throughout their lifecycle in order to promote informed public participation.
A streamlined process for agencies to meet their obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act for voluntary, low-burden, and uncontroversial collections.
Promoting greater openness in the regulatory process by providing comprehensive electronic regulatory dockets online..
Guidance for using web measurement and customization technologies to improve the Federal Government’s services online.
Guidance for agencies using third-party websites and applications to engage with the public.
How to use disclosure and simplification to achieve regulatory objectives.
The Guidance provides a policy and legal framework for the use of prizes and challenges to promote open government, innovation, and other national priorities.
The President’s strategy identifies public sector innovation as critical to creating a national environment ripe for entrepreneurship.
The ConOps paper outlines the going-forward strategy for Data.gov and is open to comments and suggested improvements. (download as pdf or doc)
Establishing an open and uniform program for managing controlled, unclassified data