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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 Advanced Learning Institute December 2009 Obama Administration: A Status Update on Its Open Government Initiative John Kamensky, Senior Fellow John.Kamensky@us.ibm.com 202-515-4102
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 2 Overview Obama’s Transparent and Open Government Policy White House Themes Open data Open idea generation Open spending Open platforms Elements of OMB Directive Resources “My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government... Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.”
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 3 Obama’s Transparency and Open Government Memo Government should be transparent. -Agencies should use technology to put information about their operations and decisions online -Agencies should solicit feedback to identify info of greatest use to public Government should be participatory -Agencies should offer increased opportunities to participate in policymaking Government should be collaborative -Agencies should engage Americans in the work of their agencies -Agencies should solicit feedback to assess and improve collaboration
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 4 Evolution of White House Implementation Efforts Internal White House Leadership -Directive implementation -Range of players Experimentation -Open for Questions Initial Deadline: May 21st -Feedback from federal MAX Community -Feedback from Advocacy Groups Citizen Feedback Efforts, post-May 21 st -White House Website, Blog -Phase I - Brainstorm -Phase II - Blog -Phase III - Wiki December 8 th OMB Guidance
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 5 Open Data Initiatives Data.Gov
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 6 Open Idea Generation, Policy-Input Initiatives External Quadrennial Homeland Security Review CDC Flu Video EPA Regulation Website Redesign Internal Veterans Affairs’ Innovation Contest OMB’s SAVE Award HHS’s code-a-thon to fix National Health Information Network TSA’s Idea Factory State Department Communities of Practice
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 7 Open Spending Initiatives USASpending.Gov Recovery.Gov Federal IT Spending Dashboard
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 8 Open Government Platform Initiatives Apps.Gov Create Communities of Practice Create Innovation Labs
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 9 OMB Guidance: Open Government Directive Publish Government Information Online -Presumption of openness, publish in open format Improve Quality of Government Information -Quality of federal spending data, long term strategy Create, Institutionalize Culture of Open Gov -Agencies create Open Gov plans -OMB creates Open Gov Dashboard -Cross-agency working group, best practices Create Enabling Policy Framework -ID policy barriers, revise
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 10 Key OMB Activities Establish working group on transparency, accountability, participation, collaboration by 1/22/10 Issue guidance on information quality of federal spending data by 2/6/10 Create an Open Government Dashboard by 2/6/10 Issue guidance on use of incentives to improve Open Gov by 3/8/10 Issue guidance on federal spending transparency by 4/7/10 Complete review of OMB policies to identify impediments, and propose revisions by 4/7/10
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 11 Key Agency Activities Publish at least 3 “high value” data sets by 1/22/10 Designate senior official accountable for quality of spending info by 1/22/10 Create Open Government Webpage by 2/6/10 Publish an Open Government Plan by 4/7/10 Reduce backlog of FOIA requests by 10 percent by 12/8/10
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 12 Elements of Agency Open Government Plans Must reflect “extensive” input of agency leaders, employees, public, experts, and include timelines for action Components: -Transparency – inventory agency hi-value info; detail compliance with existing efforts (e.g., Data.gov) -Participation – links to existing participatory processes; develop new feedback mechanisms -Collaboration – use of tech platforms, incentives -Flagship Initiative – undertake at least one; explain how it improves agency operations.
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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 13 Resources White House Open Gov Site -http://www.whitehouse.gov/openhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/open GSA Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter -“Engaging Citizens in Government” (Fall 2009) -http://www.usaservices.gov/pdf _docs/EngagingCitizens.pdfhttp://www.usaservices.gov/pdf _docs/EngagingCitizens.pdf -“Transparency and Open Government” (Spring 2009) -http://www.usaservices.gov/events_ news/documents/Transparency.pdfhttp://www.usaservices.gov/events_ news/documents/Transparency.pdf “Strengthening Our Nation’s Democracy” Report -http://www.americaspeaks.org/index.cf m?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID =925http://www.americaspeaks.org/index.cf m?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID =925 IBM Center Report “Public Deliberation: A Manager’s Guide to Citizen Engagement” -http://www.businessofgovernment.org/p ublications/grant_reports/details/index.a sp?GID=239http://www.businessofgovernment.org/p ublications/grant_reports/details/index.a sp?GID=239
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