Objective 4.1

Aligned to goals:

• 4.1: Encourage openness and communication about effectiveness within the Department.
• 4.2: Enhance Departmental internal collaboration capabilities.

OpenED

President Obama pledged to look for budget-cutting ideas from the bottom up, saying he would establish a process through which every government worker could submit ide

Aligned to goals:

• 2.1: Provide more insight into the agency's decision-making process.
• 4.1: Encourage openness and communication about effectiveness within the Department.
• 4.2: Enhance Departmental internal collaboration activities.

Another reason for choosing the recently selected open- source Web publishing technology as the ED.gov Web pl

Aligned to goals:

• 1.2: Make more data and information available to the public.
• 1.5: Maintain up-to-date information on the Department's website about offices and key programs.
• 1.6: Foster more transparency in the larger educational community.
• 3.1: Enhance collaboration with other federal and non-federal agencies, the public, and non-profit and priv

Aligned to goals:

• 1.2: Make more data and information available to the public.
• 1.4: Increase the transparency of the grant application and award process.

Aligned to goals:

• 1.5: Maintain up-to-date information on the Department's website about Department offices and key programs.
• 3.1: Enhance collaboration with other federal and non-federal agencies, the public, and non-profit and private entities.

Aligned to goals:

• 2.1: Provide more insight into the agency's decision-making process.
• 2.2: Provide regularly updated project maps, dated milestones, and financial data regarding open government and other key initiatives.
• 2.3: Collect and use input from the public and other stakeholders in decision-making
• 4.1: Encourage openness and communication