Hello!
We are working on a refresh of the Open Gov website, found at whitehouse.gov/open, and we’d like your help!
If you’re familiar with the history of the page, you can see we have begun updating it by shifting some of the existing content and adding new tabs and material.
What suggestions do you have for the site? What other efforts might we feature?
Please let us know – reply back to this thread, email us at ope...@ostp.gov, or tweet us at @OpenGov!
Thanks!
Cori
Corinna Zarek
Senior Advisor for Open Government
Office of Science and Technology Policy | The White House
@OpenGov
· Add a list of relevant orders, memos, etc. having to do with open gov with links to where they can be found. There are a few, but it is not comprehensive.
· Provide a link to the National Action Plan (both US and the international set of commitments) as well as information about the listserves, including this one. (Part of this is already complete).
· Make more prominent the link to project open data & brief description
· Link to FOIA resources (OIP and OGIS).
· Make more prominent info about how each agency has set up /open pages
· Add a set of links to each agency's /open plans (can draw from the OTG spreadsheet)
· Include a list of staff working on openness in the White House and their areas of responsibility, such as the ongoing projects
· Make more prominent "we the people" (currently buried)
· Add a description and link to 18f and the new entity within white house
· Add a link to WH staff lists (e.g. http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/annual-records/2013)
· Add a link to WH photo sets on flickr
· Highlight and describe to GSA's efforts to make it easier for agencies to use technology http://www.digitalgov.gov/resources/negotiated-terms-of-service-agreements/
· Add a link to OMB's federal budget page (perhaps with some description)
· Add a link to ethics.data.gov
· Keep the link to data.gov & brief description
Thank you to Daniel, Lucas, and everyone else who has been sharing suggestions!
Keep ’em coming!
Cori
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1) Reinstate the open government dashboard that was removed and update it to the current state of affairs and compliance, with links to each. The Sunlight Foundation and CREW have already audited agency compliance with the Open Government Directive. By keeping an updated scorecard in a prominent place, the Obama administration could both increase transparency to members of the public wondering about what has been done and by whom, and put more pressure on agencies to be accountable for the commitments they have made.
2) Re-integrate individual case studies from the “Innovator’s Toolkit,” which was also removed, under participation and collaboration
3) Create a Transparency tab and link to the “IC on the Record” tumblr and other public repositories for formerly secret laws, policies or documents that have been released.
4) Blog and tweet more about what’s happening in the open government world outside of the White House. Multiple open government advocates do daily digests and there’s a steady stream of news and ideas on the #opengov and #opendata hashtags on Twitter. Link to what’s happening and show the public that you’re reading and responding to feedback.
5) Link to the White House account and open government projects on Github under both the new participation and collaboration tabs, like Project Open Data.
6) Highlight 18F’s effort to reboot the Freedom of Information Act.
7) Publish the second national action plan on open government as HTML on the site, and post and link to a version on Github where people can comment on it.
8) Create a FAQ under “participation” that lists replies to questions sent to @OpenGov
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Cori,
Thank you for seeking public input. The Government Accountability Project would like to second Megan’s excellent call for greater information on whistleblower resources. The Open Government Directive recognizes that the complex and emerging landscape of whistleblower protections requires an equally robust outreach initiative, such as the mandated agency training and education around existing rights.
Because whistleblower rights vary depending on one’s agency or field, information is posted in disparate locations and can be difficult to locate. In meetings on this topic, CREW’s Daniel Schuman has made the helpful suggestion of a “Whistleblower.gov” of sorts – a one stop shop for workers to identify what channels and protections exist to blow the whistle. Given the OGD whistleblower mandate and commitment to government accountability and transparency, WH.gov/open is strategically positioned to fill this void though a comprehensive section/tab on whistleblower resources.
For starters, it would be helpful for whitehouse.gov/open to link to the Office of Special Counsel’s (OSC) website, since it processes federal whistleblower disclosures and complaints. However, OSC does not provide information about rights outside of its jurisdiction, such as Presidential Policy Directive-19 (for employees with access to classified information), underscoring the need for an all-encompassing resource page.
We too would be glad to help with implementation of this recommendation.
Thank you,
Shanna
Shanna Devine
Legislative Director; Investigator
Government Accountability Project
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