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    {"title" :"Emerging Tech and Open Data for a More Open and Accountable Government","summary" : "Open data and emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence and distributed ledgers, such as blockchain—hold vast potential to transform public services held back by bureaucracy and outdated IT systems.","date" : "2017-08-24T08:44:44-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2017/08/2017-08-24-emerging-tech-and-open-data-for-a-more-open-and-accountable-government.md","slug" : "emerging-tech-and-open-data-for-a-more-open-and-accountable-government","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/08/24/emerging-tech-and-open-data-for-a-more-open-and-accountable-government/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eOpen data and emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence and distributed ledgers, such as blockchain—hold vast potential to transform public services held back by bureaucracy and outdated IT systems. We are opening the doors to bold, fresh ideas for government accountability, transparency and citizen participation by working with U.S. businesses, civil society groups and others to shape national goals for emerging technologies and open data in public services.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt our upcoming collaborative workshop, \u003cem\u003eEmerging Technology and Open Data for a More Open Government\u003c/em\u003e, we invite new partners to help craft potential goals to be integrated into the fourth U.S. National Action Plan for Open Government. The workshop will be hosted at the U.S. General Services Administration on September 8 by \u003ca href=\"https://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/101958\"\u003ethe Emerging Citizen Technology program\u003c/a\u003e. It will tap into U.S. private sector and federal IT modernization efforts to help ensure that the federal government leads in public service innovations designed by and for citizens.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2017/06/600-x-450-Justin-Emerging-Tech-Program-Echo-Dot-American-flag.jpg\"\n    alt=\"A hand holds an Echo Dot from Amazon in front of an American flag.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a founding leader of the multinational Open Government Partnership (OGP), this year the U.S. government is releasing its fourth National Action Plan (NAP 4), which will outline the goals that we have set to achieve more transparent and open services by strengthening the public voice and promoting innovation and accountability reform across the government. OGP is a collaboration of 75 participating countries endorsing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.opengovpartnership.org/open-government-declaration\"\u003eOpen Government Declaration\u003c/a\u003e to empower citizens and advance the ideals of open and participatory government.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what makes a good goal for the U.S. National Action Plan for Open Government?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParticipants in this workshop, including U.S. businesses, federal managers, civil society groups and researchers, are directed to draft proposals that specifically use artificial intelligence, blockchain and/or open data to advance federal government transparency, accountability, participation, and/or technological innovation. Goals must also introduce a new, ambitious open government initiative, and all goals must be entirely new to the U.S. government or include a new element that was not part of a past initiative.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor more information on federal Open Government initiatives, visit \u003ca href=\"https://open.usa.gov/\"\u003eOpen.USA.gov\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor more information on the workshop and other transparency, merit and collaboration initiatives, please \u003ca href=\"https://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/101958\"\u003ejoin one of our solution networks\u003c/a\u003e in the new Emerging Citizen Technology program. These networks are designed to bridge the gap between public services and U.S. businesses in artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual and augmented reality and social technologies.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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