President Speaks to Students
Steven VanRoekel, US Chief Information Officer, announces the a new memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget outlining key responsibilities and authorities for Agency CIOs to increase efficiency in federal information technology.
The Open Government Initiative asks for feedback on two key challenges -- improving public services and increasing public integrity.
Today, the United States and Brazil announced the creation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) – a global initiative that supports efforts to promote more transparent, effective, and accountable institutions globally.
Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced the Investing in Innovations (i2) initiative – an exciting new $5 million program to spur health IT innovations through prizes, challenges, and other mechanisms to improve the health care of all Americans.
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.
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.
An overview of 10 leading practices that emphasize the government's role as an "impatient convener" to advance the President’s Strategy for American Innovation.
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