U.S. OpenGov National Action Plan (NAP 4.0); Comments from IAP2-USA for the

[Stephen Buckley]

The purpose of this message is to provide comments for development of
the U.S. National Action Plan (NAP 4.0) for Open Government (i.e., more
Transparency, Participation, and Accountability from federal agencies)
under the Trump administration. See https://open.usa.gov/

1. The NAP should contain very clear reference and description (i.e.,
not just foot-notes) in the NAP to:

a. "Best Practices" guidance contained in the Open Government
Partnership (OGP) "Participation and Co-Creation Toolkit" and that ..

b. The OGP Toolkit is based on the "IAP2 Spectrum of
Participation" (page 15) and the "IAP2 Core Values" (page 20), resources
from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).

https://www.opengovpartnership.org/sites/default/files/OGP_Participation-CoCreation-Toolkit_20180509.pdf

2. The NAP should describe its coordination and collaboration with the
actions relevant to Public Participation that are being taken by the
President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) concerning its
regulations under the National Environment Policy Act (NEPA), as per
"Modernizing Infrastructure Permitting". See CAP #12 in the President's
Management Agenda. https://www.performance.gov/PMA/PMA.html

For more information, see CEQ's Open Government Plan (Section F):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CEQ-Open-Government-Plan.pdf

Here is a link of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on
the NEPA regulations with a due-date for public comments of July 20, 2018:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/20/2018-13246/update-to-the-regulations-for-implementing-the-procedural-provisions-of-the-national-environmental

If there are any questions about these suggestions, please let me know.

best,

Stephen Buckley
OpenGov representative, U.S. Chapter
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2-USA)
http://www.IAP2usa.org