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February 5, 2010 at 4:12 PM EST

Two New Groups Dedicated to Open Government

Two working groups have been established to help develop specific actions to implement the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration that are at the core of the President's commitment to open government.
February 4, 2010 at 4:00 PM EST

Seeking Game-Changing Solutions to Childhood Obesity

Leading experts in the fields of gaming and technology came together in a workshop sponsored by OSTP and the Department of Agriculture to help guide the development of an initiative to create fun learning applications to motivate children and their parent to eat healthy and be active.
January 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM EST

Transparency: The Tale of the Tape

Norm Eisen, special counsel to the President for ethics and government reform, sets the record straight on FOIA requests under the Obama Administration.
January 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST

How "Open Gov" Datasets Affect Parents and Consumers

Yesterday, Federal agencies answered the President’s call by democratizing hundreds of high-value datasets on every aspect of government operations. While this is meaningful for the technology community and transparency advocates who have been working on this issue for years, the data released will have direct impact on the daily lives of the American people. Here are three examples to consider.