Need your help: ratings and comments
Karen Danis
Several days ago Lisa Hartigan shared with us the recent work on the Open Gov't initiative. Here is the memo describing its objectives: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/
Apparently the initiative is drawing to a close, with final recommendations being solicited through the end of this week (deadline was extended). This morning Neil, Lisa, and I have been working on a quick submission. We have uploaded the latest version of the Initiative Vision that we worked on in April. Due to software limitations we’ve had to do it in multiple pieces. I just finished cleaning up a 2-part submission, and now we would value your help in causing these two pieces to bubble up to the top of the Recommendations.
You can find Part 1 and Part 2 at: http://mixedink.com/OpenGov/CollaborativeGovernment
In order to rate or comment on this you’ll have to Register for this MixedInk site. I think you’ll find the “Register” link in the upper left of your screen.
If you try to edit the document, it saves a new copy to the site. The good news is, you are added as an author; the bad news is, the rating counter is reset, so if ratings win, we would need to jump in multiple times to support the latest work.
This is the time to publicly support the Initiative that we’ve been laboring over since February. It would be helpful if we could at least appear to be of one mind—at minimum, have the support of our thought leaders. There’s a phrase that I like to use in a different setting: “Unity in essentials; liberty in non-essentials.” Now, admittedly, the trick is to distinguish the two! But I hope we could keep that in mind and set a goal of establishing a submission that we could “live with.”
Other comments are being recorded on the OSTP blog—which has separate registration requirements. A POC for the Collaboration section of the Open Gov’t initiative has asked 5 questions, of which I have compiled answers for 4. Please see attached (with questions at the top). I intend to post the answers as a comment, and then post a link to the blog as a Comment on Part 1. (Confusing enough…??!! You should see how long it’s taken to figure out what’s connected to what, and how. <sigh>)
I welcome your input on the attached before I post. I’ve tried to be pretty succinct to help ensure folks read it, yet I’m sure there is more we could say to strengthen our case.
Karen
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Karen Danis
….WRT finding the Federal KM Initiative, parts 1 and 2:
After you click on the link below you also need to click on the “Rate” tab to see what’s been posted.
Any other issues...? I’ll try to help….
Karen
Karen Danis
Actually, now that Neil has posted a summary, here’s another approach:
1. Transform the summary into a reply to the questions Recommendations are supposed to address:
a. Who? - Who is being directed to do what?
b. What? - What is the recommendation designed to achieve?
c. Why? - Why is it important? Support your recommendations with relevant facts, evidence, and examples.
d. How? - Will success be measured?
2. Then use the answers to the 4 or 5 Collaboration questions to expand on this recommendation.
The problem is, it is really tough to do a credible job—esp with 1.c.—given the space constraints. SO that’s probably a good opening for an “elevator speech” type of statement.
Anything come to mind…??
Neil Olonoff
I would like to add my enthusiastic encouragement to all to visit the Mixed Ink and contribute your thoughts on Open Government and Collaboration.
Go to:
http://mixedink.com/OpenGov/CollaborativeGovernment
And let me add my sincere thanks to Karen Danis and Lisa Hartigan for getting this going. Without their help I never would have gotten into it, what with everything I have going right now.
Thanks, Karen & Lisa!!
Regards,
Neil
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Karen Danis
OSTP has extended the deadline for rating recommendations. We now have until July 6!
If you have not had a chance to do so, please go in and add your ratings to the two-part posting of the Fed’l KM Initiative. You’ll see some segments of the vision statement, which Neil posted when he thought he’d have to break it into 4 pieces. But you’ll also see a single summary. So, please look for Neil’s name, and rate (highly…please…??!) the summary and two-part description.
Below you’ll find details on how to do this…
Thx MUCH,
Karen
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Several days ago Lisa Hartigan shared with us the recent work on the Open Gov't initiative. Here is the memo describing its objectives: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/
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Neil Olonoff
Neil Olonoff olo...@gmail.com
Lead, Federal Knowledge Management Initiative,
Federal KM Working Group hosted at http://KM.gov
Office: 703.614.5058 (US Army HQDA, G-4/Contracted by Innolog)
Mobile: 703.283.4157 (Disabled during working hours)
Personal profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/olonoff
Blogging at http://FedKM.org