OGD: Coming Soon

[Stephen Buckley]

Dear OGDers,

So, it looks like the draft OGD will not be put out for public comment.  (I thought I heard that somewhere).

Anyway, according to the articles below, the finalized OGD will come out in "literally weeks".

Also worth noting is that each federal agency will have to "engage the public in developing open government plans". 

That means, instead of commenting on a draft of the Open Govt. Directive, we will now have hundreds of separate opportunities to "engage" with all the federal departments and agencies as they try to figure out what they are supposed to do.  (Woo-hoo!)

Please share any information any news about the OGD with the group here.  It's been quiet lately, but you should definitely be seeing more email from the group in the coming weeks.

vr,
Stephen Buckley
moderator, OpenGovernmentDirective google-group
http://twitter.com/transpartisan

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Chopra: Open Gov Directive Coming in 'Weeks'
Federal CTO promises sweeping directive to require agencies to advance open-government plans.

September 9, 2009
By Kenneth Corbin

WASHINGTON -- Aneesh Chopra, the nation's first federal CTO, pledged this morning that the government will issue a sweeping open-government directive within "literally weeks," making good on the oldest promise of the administration.

http://www.internetnews.com/government/article.php/3838266/Chopra%20Open%20Gov%20Directive%20Coming%20in%20Weeks.htm

Gov 2.0: Open Government Directive Nearly Ready

At the Gov 2.0 Summit, federal CTO Aneesh Chopra said the order, due soon, will outline steps agencies can take to be 'hardwired' for transparency, collaboration, and participatory government.

By John Foley
InformationWeek
September 9, 2009 03:20 PM

The Office of Management and Budget is a few weeks away from releasing an Open Government Directive that outlines steps federal agencies can take to "hardwire the capability" for transparency, collaboration, and participatory government into their organizations and processes, federal CTO Aneesh Chopra said Wednesday at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219700334