/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/topics/open-government/ Recent content in Open government on Digital.gov Hugo en-us /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/09/13/datagov-launches-metrics-tools/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/09/13/datagov-launches-metrics-tools/ New Data.gov metrics dashboard provides information on most visited datasets, most downloaded files, most clicked outbound links, top search terms, and more. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/25/risk-communications-crisis-communications-and-community-engagement-summit/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/25/risk-communications-crisis-communications-and-community-engagement-summit/ The Federal Emergency Management Agency Office of External Affairs is convening risk and crisis communicators and community leaders who are on the front-line of the climate and emerging hazard crises. Attend the free, June 10, 2024, summit virtually, or in Washington, DC. The agenda includes: the sharing invaluable tools and insights, how to implement culturally competent and accessible communications, how to integrate behavior change strategies, and more. An ASL interpreter will be provided. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/09/celebrating-the-work-of-public-servants/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/09/celebrating-the-work-of-public-servants/ Performance.gov invites you to participate in their #GovPossible campaign to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW)! Recognize the invaluable efforts of government employees who ensure that the everyday needs of Americans are met. Access a range of tools and resources to help you join the #GovPossible campaign and show your support. The #GovPossible toolkit makes it easy for you to participate in this important (and fun!) campaign. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/08/justice-department-to-publish-final-rule-to-strengthen-web-and-mobile-app-access-for-people-with-disabilities/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/08/justice-department-to-publish-final-rule-to-strengthen-web-and-mobile-app-access-for-people-with-disabilities/ On April 8, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland signed a final rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ensure the accessibility of web content and mobile applications for people with disabilities. This final rule clarifies the obligations of state and local governments to make their websites and mobile applications accessible. Learn more about this rule and why the Attorney General believes it will “break down barriers that have kept people with disabilities from fully participating in American Life.” /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/04/participation/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2024/04/04/participation/ The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wants your thoughts on how federal agencies can more broadly and meaningfully engage with you and your communities. Share your ideas by May 17, 2024 to help build a more inclusive, responsive, transparent, and accountable government. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/08/19/measuring-and-justifying-the-government-experience/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:21:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/08/19/measuring-and-justifying-the-government-experience/ Private sector organizations use revenue as the primary measurement to justify improving experiences. Many government services don’t have revenue as a lever, so how can we justify work to improve experience? The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) leveraged a few metrics on their team that fall into three categories: laws and regulations, improving the experience for users, and saving time for employees. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/03/17/sunshine-week-how-gsa-supports-open-government-principles/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:49:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/03/17/sunshine-week-how-gsa-supports-open-government-principles/ Sunshine Week (March 13-19, 2022) celebrates the Government in the Sunshine Act, which promotes greater transparency in government activities. Our mission at GSA is to deliver effective and efficient government services for the American people. To do so, we have to be transparent and accessible—by opening meetings to the public, ensuring that federal buildings and facilities are fully accessible to all people, and making information on documents or pages (web pages, PDFs, newsletters, etc.) open and accessible. Learn about some of our initiatives that best display these principles. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/communicators/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:49:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/communicators/ Improve written and verbal communication to make government more effective. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2024/12/19/uswds-monthly-call-december-2024/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2024/12/19/uswds-monthly-call-december-2024/ The U.S. Web Design System team is joined by the Federal Website Standards team to share more about the standards, their origin, the research backing them, and what standards are coming next. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2024/11/21/uswds-monthly-call-november-2024/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2024/11/21/uswds-monthly-call-november-2024/ The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) team will share their vision for the design system as a product, including USWDS Web Components and other new things the team expects to deliver in 2025. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2024/10/17/uswds-monthly-call-october-2024/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2024/10/17/uswds-monthly-call-october-2024/ The U.S. Web Design System team will share the product and engineering principles they’re using to guide the development of the design system. event_organizer: Digital.gov /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/05/03/foia-best-practices-workshop-continues-this-summer/ Wed, 03 May 2017 11:00:41 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/05/03/foia-best-practices-workshop-continues-this-summer/ The Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to announce two new topics and dates for our Best Practices Workshop series as we continue this initiative this summer. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/04/20/oip-seeks-your-participation-in-the-development-of-the-national-foia-portal/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:05:13 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2017/04/20/oip-seeks-your-participation-in-the-development-of-the-national-foia-portal/ The Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to announce its collaboration with GSA’s 18F team on the development of a National FOIA Portal. This is the next step in a long line of OIP initiatives working towards a National FOIA Portal going back to 2010 with the launch of FOIA.gov. Most recently, the FOIA /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/10/28/federally-funded-research-results-are-becoming-more-open-and-accessible/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 01:00:53 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/10/28/federally-funded-research-results-are-becoming-more-open-and-accessible/ Summary: Significant strides in improving public access to scholarly publications and digital data help usher in an era of open science. This week marks the 8th annual Open Access Week, when individuals and organizations around the world celebrate the value of opening up online access to the results of scholarly research. It is an opportune /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/29/nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 02:00:50 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/29/nasa-open-gov-plan-2016-outline/ Here is the outline for our 2016 Open Government Plan. Let us know what you think. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/16/updated-foia-regulation-template-and-guidance-now-available/ Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:00:24 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/09/16/updated-foia-regulation-template-and-guidance-now-available/ On September 7th, the Office of Information Policy (OIP) released an updated version of its Guidance for Agency Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, along with an updated FOIA Regulation Template. These resources were first issued in March 2016. OIP has updated them to take into account changes made to the FOIA by the FOIA Improvement /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/07/25/darpa-a-case-study-in-open-innovation/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:00:25 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/07/25/darpa-a-case-study-in-open-innovation/ You may not know it, but the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has changed your life. There’s the Internet, for starters. And if that isn’t enough, the agency also has played a pivotal role in shaping GPS, stealth aircraft and drone technology. In fact, ever since its creation under President Eisenhower, DARPA has /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/27/nasa-space-apps-challenge-2016-global-winners/ Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:00:49 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/27/nasa-space-apps-challenge-2016-global-winners/ We’re thrilled to announce the Space Apps 2016 Global Award Winners!! These projects well represent the best of the best innovative thinking this year. Congratulations to all the teams. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming NASA launch in Florida. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/17/data-the-key-to-a-more-transparent-open-government/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:00:53 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/17/data-the-key-to-a-more-transparent-open-government/ The work of the federal government is incredibly diverse, and affects almost every aspect of American life, whether it is keeping planes in the air or ensuring that our food is safe. Every public service the government provides requires many different skill sets, but the one thing that unites them all is a consistent requirement /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/02/open-data-democratizes-innovation/ Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:15:24 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/06/02/open-data-democratizes-innovation/ Americans Use Public Data to Improve the Lives of Fellow Citizens Data is one of our most important national assets. It informs our policy and our national priorities. But as we have seen time and time again, the most effective way to govern is to engage with the public directly. Thanks to the President’s Executive Order requiring /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/23/the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week/ Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:00:52 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/23/the-data-briefing-three-significant-events-in-federal-open-data-this-past-week/ Three recent stories demonstrate how opening up federal government data and using agile methods to create federal government software can spur innovation while saving tax money and helping the American public. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/16/my-data-empowering-all-americans-with-personal-data-access/ Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:10:02 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/03/16/my-data-empowering-all-americans-with-personal-data-access/ Summary: Consumers empowered with their own data are in the driver’s seat to make informed choices. In the 21st century economy, Americans rely on online services to access personal bank accounts, pay bills, and shop online, so why don’t we have similar interactions with Federal government through easy-to-use, online tools? The answer is we can—and increasingly /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/02/24/the-data-briefing-the-challenge-of-opening-up-federal-government-algorithms/ Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:00:39 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/02/24/the-data-briefing-the-challenge-of-opening-up-federal-government-algorithms/ Algorithms are becoming more important as the amount of data grows, and the complexity of government and business processes grows. Put simply, an algorithm is just a set of steps for solving a problem. If you shop online, use an online social network or a mobile app to plan your route, then you are using /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/18/once-upon-a-foia-request-how-you-can-open-public-records/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:14:27 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/18/once-upon-a-foia-request-how-you-can-open-public-records/ Like many of you, we watched with great interest this week when a citizen submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asking them to release to the public Wu-Tang Clan’s album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. While official sources explain that the desired outcome is not possible /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/29/empowering-the-voice-of-citizens-at-core-of-gsa-open-government/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:19:09 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/29/empowering-the-voice-of-citizens-at-core-of-gsa-open-government/ We are proud to announce our commitment to the third U.S. National Action Plan for Open Government, released this week at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Mexico City, Mexico, /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/29/gsa-open-government-builds-solutions-and-gives-voice-to-citizens/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:16:01 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/10/29/gsa-open-government-builds-solutions-and-gives-voice-to-citizens/ Our work at the General Services Administration encompass many of the pillars of Open Government, from giving a greater voice to citizens to through Public Participation innovations like Challenge.gov to making the /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/resources/freedom-of-information-act-memo-2009/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 01:10:21 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/resources/freedom-of-information-act-memo-2009/ The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the law that gives anyone the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/08/17/the-content-corner-using-natural-language-processing-to-improve-rulemaking/ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:10:53 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/08/17/the-content-corner-using-natural-language-processing-to-improve-rulemaking/ For the past several weeks, I have been inflicting you with my recent dive down the rabbit hole of natural language generation and the larger discipline of natural language algorithms. Most of the focus has been on the power of natural language generation and how it can help you rapidly produce content on a wide /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/07/10/help-us-strengthen-open-government/ Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:27:41 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/07/10/help-us-strengthen-open-government/ Since the United States joined the Open Government Partnership in 2011, U.S. agencies have been working alongside civil society to develop and implement commitments to increase transparency, improve participation, and curb corruption. From opening up Federal spending data to make it easier to see how taxpayer dollars are spent, to the We the People online /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/22/the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time/ Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:00:44 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/04/22/the-api-briefing-making-a-difference-one-microtask-at-a-time/ I recently found an app that provides a great service through crowdsourcing. Be My Eyes connects visually-impaired people with volunteers. Using the smartphone’s camera, the volunteers can perform tasks such as reading an expiration date or helping someone navigate unfamiliar surroundings. This is not a federal app, but I wanted to highlight it to demonstrate how /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/27/empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative/ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:00:40 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/27/empowerment-innovation-and-improved-health-outcomes-the-blue-button-initiative/ Finding and getting access to our own health information can be a complex process. And most of us don’t really think about having our health information readily accessible until we really need it – like in the event of an emergency, or when switching doctors or traveling. Combing through stacks of paperwork and contacting providers /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/13/us-canada-and-mexico-collaborate-to-improve-open-government-and-digital-services/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:10:14 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/13/us-canada-and-mexico-collaborate-to-improve-open-government-and-digital-services/ Many forces are converging to strengthen the political, economic and commercial ties that bind the United States, Canada and Mexico. The GSA Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT) has anticipated this drive toward collaboration for decades, building a network of links among the three nations’ Chief Information Officers and other national technology and data experts. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/19/whos-using-your-agencys-data/ Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:10:04 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/19/whos-using-your-agencys-data/ For months, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get leads for the OMB External Use Open Data Survey responses. I’ve attended Google Analytics seminars, asked for survey responses from some of our public facing sites, added a data request form to our /data page, and begged for leads /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/18/10-years-of-digital-government-a-retrospective/ Thu, 18 Dec 2014 03:09:04 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/18/10-years-of-digital-government-a-retrospective/ In December of 2004, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the first Policies for Federal Public Websites. Over the past decade, we’ve seen technology completely transform how government delivers information and services to the public. On this 10-year anniversary, we’re taking a walk down memory lane to recap some of the pivotal moments /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/17/3rd-u-s-public-participation-playbook-draft-released-this-month/ Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:19:13 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/17/3rd-u-s-public-participation-playbook-draft-released-this-month/ The new third draft of the U.S. Public Participation Playbook continues to incorporate changes proposed from more than 100 suggestions submitted via public comment aimed at measuring the performance and improving the development of government programs. It takes the 13 initial “plays” from rough brainstorming and collaborations to a more refined, action-focused presentation that will help contributors understand and identify opportunities /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/08/crowdsourcing-month-an-overview/ Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:01:38 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/08/crowdsourcing-month-an-overview/ This month we’ll be highlighting articles about crowdsourcing. These are the programs that use a variety of online mechanisms to get ideas, services, solutions, and products by asking a large, diverse crowd to contribute their expertise, talents, and skills. Among the mechanisms are hackathons, data jams, code-a-thons, prize competitions, workplace surveys, open ideation, micro-tasks or /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/08/2nd-u-s-public-participation-playbook-draft-responds-to-public-contributions/ Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:14:07 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/08/2nd-u-s-public-participation-playbook-draft-responds-to-public-contributions/ The new second draft of the U.S. Public Participation Playbook incorporates changes that were proposed from nearly 100 suggestions submitted after the first week of public comment, with more improvements to come. We still need your contributions /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/25/help-shape-public-participation/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:29:05 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/25/help-shape-public-participation/ Public participation—where citizens help shape and implement government programs—is a foundation of open, transparent, and engaging government services. From emergency management and regulatory development to science and education, better and more meaningful engagement with those /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/04/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens-part-ii/ Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:00:48 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/04/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-tokens-part-ii/ In the first part of A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Tokens, I explained why we built a social media-driven image search engine, and specifically how we used Elasticsearch to build its first iteration. In this week’s post, I’ll take a deep dive into how we worked to improve relevancy, recall, and the searcher’s experience /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/25/getting-to-work-for-the-american-people/ Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:40:39 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/25/getting-to-work-for-the-american-people/ Over the last 6 months, 18F has embarked on a mission to transform the way the U.S. Government builds and buys digital services. We’re currently working with more than half a dozen agencies to help them deliver on their missions in a design-centric, agile, open, and data-driven way. How do we say yes to a /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/10/stacking-up-the-benefits-of-openness/ Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:49:04 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/10/stacking-up-the-benefits-of-openness/ Open government, open source, openness. These words are often used in talking about open data, but we sometimes forget that the root of all of this is an open community. Individuals working together to release government data and put it to use to help their neighbors and reach new personal goals. This sense of community /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/08/a-new-look-at-the-freedom-of-information-act/ Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:00:46 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/08/a-new-look-at-the-freedom-of-information-act/ There are many ways the public can get information from the federal government. For example, you can check out Data.gov to find scores of datasets and APIs, agency websites for information about their work, or other important information in online FOIA Libraries. Or you can also just ask for it. Since 1966, the Freedom of /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/19/white-house-socialgov-summit-aims-to-improve-open-data-innovation/ Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:00:59 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/19/white-house-socialgov-summit-aims-to-improve-open-data-innovation/ More than 100 digital engagement and open data managers from across government met with leaders in the private sector startup community August 7 at the White House for a summit on integrating our digital services with public participation to create more /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/30/why-congressedits-matters-for-your-agency/ Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:00:23 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/07/30/why-congressedits-matters-for-your-agency/ If you haven’t heard about @congressedits yet, it’s a Twitter bot that was recently created to tweet out every anonymous edit made to Wikipedia from Congressional IP addresses. So, anyone editing articles on Wikipedia without logging in, and doing this while on Congressional Internet access, will have those changes tweeted (like this). Some of these /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/30/this-weekend-event-list-for-civic-hacking/ Fri, 30 May 2014 02:33:31 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/30/this-weekend-event-list-for-civic-hacking/ Our fabulous colleague Jeanne Holm is ready for the #hackforchange events this weekend and summarized some tips, notes and links to resources on Data.gov. Great things will happen this weekend! Remember, if you hear about great uses of government data, let /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/12/citizen-engagement-at-nasa/ Mon, 12 May 2014 14:37:55 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/12/citizen-engagement-at-nasa/ Recently, the White House hosted Stakeholder Engagement Workshops—an informal meet-up for citizens and federal agencies to discuss progress on Open Government. The third version of our Open Gov Plan is due June 1st. My Open Innovation teammates and I took the opportunity to attend the event. We gained valuable insights from citizen activists on what /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/04/07/tips-from-nrc-on-webstreaming-public-meetings/ Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:00:46 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/04/07/tips-from-nrc-on-webstreaming-public-meetings/ In support of open government, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) expansion of webstreamed meetings has allowed more participants around the country to hear about existing and proposed nuclear sites. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/27/what-to-do-with-big-data/ Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:00:38 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/27/what-to-do-with-big-data/ Shortly after taking office in 2009, President Obama launched the Open Government Initiative, an effort to increase transparency, participation, and collaboration in the federal government. The initiative introduced a number of websites and strategies to offer raw government data, including research grant information /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/10/we-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/ Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:56:08 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/10/we-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/ Federal agencies are currently hard at work developing revised Open Government Plans—blueprints that are published every two years, highlighting agency progress towards making their work more transparent, participatory, and collaborative, and outlining new open government commitments going forward. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/24/tour-data-gov-2-0/ Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:04:23 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/24/tour-data-gov-2-0/ As you know, last month Data.gov launched its new open-source Data.gov 2.0 catalog (catalog.data.gov). Based on CKAN, a data management platform used by many open-data catalogs around the world, Data.gov’s new catalog has received nothing but kudos from users. For the first time, our raw datasets, tools /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/13/civic-hacking-at-the-white-house-we-the-people-by-the-people/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:16:48 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/13/civic-hacking-at-the-white-house-we-the-people-by-the-people/ On June 1st and 2nd, more than 11,000 civic activists, technology experts, and entrepreneurs around the country came together for the National Day of Civic Hacking. Civic activists, technology experts, and entrepreneurs in 83 cities developed software to help others in their own neighborhoods and across the country.