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- March 19, 2010 at 6:47 PM EDT
Opening Up FDA
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein and Afia Asamoah discuss the ongoing transparency efforts at FDA.
- March 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM EDT
Getting Outside the Four Walls of Washington
United States CIO Vivek Kundra travels beyond the Beltway to learn more about innovative technologies that can improve government services and drive progress and productivity.
- March 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM EDT
Open 311
CIO Vivek Kundra discusses his event in San Francisco highlighting an innovative new program to open up city government.
- February 23, 2010 at 3:57 PM EDT
Make Your Voice Heard
Now through March 19th, the American people can make a difference by providing feedback on the development of each Federal Agency’s open government plan, including ideas for how to make the agency more effective and efficient and suggestions for data that should be published online.
- February 9, 2010 at 11:58 AM EDT
Evolving the Open Government Dashboard with You
CTO Aneesh Chopra talks next steps for the Open Government Dashboard.
PARTICIPATE NOW
Tell Top Agencies How to Achieve Greater Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration
From February 6th to March 19th, all major departments and agencies will be seeking your input on their Open Government Plans.
Shape the Future of Data.gov
In May 2009, Data.gov had just 47 data sets. Today, it has more than 168,000. Where it will be in 2011 depends, in part, on you.
The Internet in America
From March 10th through March 14th, you can submit and vote on questions for FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on the future of the Internet in America.
Innovation in Education
The Department of Education launches the Open Innovation Portal where education innovators can share ideas and collaborate to turn these ideas into reality.
Share Your Ideas on the Smart Grid
Utilities plan to deploy 40 million smart meters over the next few years. How should these systems be designed in order to best serve consumers?
OPEN GOVERNMENT POLICY
The President’s Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government
The President’s first executive action, the Open Government Memorandum calls for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government.
Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government
The Guidance provides a policy and legal framework for the use of prizes and challenges to promote open government, innovation, and other national priorities.
A Strategy for American Innovation: Driving Towards Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs
The President’s strategy identifies public sector innovation as critical to creating a national environment ripe for entrepreneurship.
The Open Government Directive
The Directive hardwires accountability, instructing every agency to open its doors and data to the American people. (also available as pdf, txt, and doc)
Data.Gov Concept of Operations
The ConOps paper outlines the going-forward strategy for Data.gov and is open to comments and suggested improvements. (download as pdf or doc)
