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Transparency allows for equal assessment with internal agencies, stakeholders and the public.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"checklist\"\u003eChecklist\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstablish and communicate where, when and how you will report outcomes and performance.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecide what type of open and accessible formats will be most useful for your audience.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReport outcomes on time while participants are still engaged.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplain the importance of transparently reporting outcomes and performance of participation.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourage others to share findings and outcomes from your program.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourage continued community dialogue and awareness of lessons learned and outcomes.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecognize the contributions of partners and stakeholders in developing and maintaining your agency’s playbook.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"case-studies\"\u003eCase studies\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://www.archives.gov/open/\" title=\"National Archives and Records Administration\"\u003eNational Archives and Records Administration\u003c/a\u003e (NARA) used public feedback to develop the agency’s third Open Government Plan. It also reported outcomes of NARA’s previous Open Government Plans.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-032\" title=\"NASA\"\u003eNASA\u003c/a\u003e – Disk Detective is a crowdsourcing project whose primary goal is to produce publishable scientific results. It uses citizen science to help astronomers discover embryonic planetary systems, reporting outcomes on time while participants are still engaged.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.historypin.org/project/57-remembering-lincoln/\" title=\"Ford's Theatre: Remembering Lincoln on HistoryPin\"\u003eFord’s Theatre: Remembering Lincoln on HistoryPin\u003c/a\u003e – The HistoryPin platform encourages participants to contribute content, share findings and continue community dialogue. Ford’s Theatre is working with a range of partner institutions to collect, digitize and share local responses from the 13 months after former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"resources\"\u003eResources\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.businessofgovernment.org/sites/default/files/A%20Managers%20Guide%20to%20Evaluating%20Citizen%20Participation.pdf\" title=\"Managers Guide to Evaluating Civic Participation\"\u003eManagers Guide to Evaluating Civic Participation\u003c/a\u003e, by Dr. Tina Nabatchi, discusses the power of process and impact evaluations to assessing citizen participation.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/105824/Book_2_-_The_Engagement_Planning_Workbook.pdf\" title=\"Effective Engagement: building relationships with community and other stakeholders: The Engagement Planning Workbook\"\u003eEffective Engagement: building relationships with community and other stakeholders: The Engagement Planning Workbook\u003c/a\u003e, by the Victorian (Australia) Department of Sustainability and Environment, provides tools for evaluating engagement.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.rff.org/rff/Documents/RFF-RPT-demonline.pdf\" title=\"Democracy On-Line: An Evaluation of the National Dialogue on Public Involvement in EPA Decisions\"\u003eDemocracy On-Line: An Evaluation of the National Dialogue on Public Involvement in EPA Decisions\u003c/a\u003e, by Thomas C. Beierle, offers insight into a two-week on-line discussion of public participation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"metrics-how-do-you-know-youre-successfully-evaluating-and-reporting-outcomes\"\u003eMetrics: How do you know you\u0026rsquo;re successfully evaluating and reporting outcomes?\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlight performance of participation through use of data visualizations and infographics, illustrating transparent outcome.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantify outcomes of performance of participation through Town Hall meetings and/or presentations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConduct web research and run social media analytics to analyze ways to report outcomes of participation.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost articles directing users to results of past and current initiatives that encourage and require public participation, and reflect outcomes.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n"}
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