USA: Open Government Directive
The White House has published an Open Government Directive that sets out an action plan for all Federal Agencies. The background to the launch of the Open Government Directive has been published (includes a 35 minute video) in the topic titled: Promoting Transparency in Government.
The video of the discussion and the questions and answer session draws out a number of case studies and addressed a number of issues related to privacy, quality, state and Local government and finance.
The Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, date 8th December 2009, Reference: M-10-06. Pages: 11 outlines an action plan and contains a number of key dates that include:
1. Publish Government Information Online
d. Within 45 days, each agency shall identify and publish online in an open format at least three high-value data sets (see attachment section 3.a.i) and register those data sets via Data.gov. These must be data sets not previously available online or in a downloadable format.
e. Within 60 days, each agency shall create an Open Government Webpage located at http://www.[agency].gov/open to serve as the gateway for agency activities related to the Open Government Directive and shall maintain and update that webpage in a timely fashion.
3. Create and Institutionalize a Culture of Open Government
b. Within 60 days, the Federal Chief Information Officer and the Federal Chief Technology Officer shall create an Open Government Dashboard on www.whitehouse.gov/open. The Open Government Dashboard will make available each agency’s Open Government Plan, together with aggregate statistics and visualizations designed to provide an assessment of the state of open government in the Executive Branch and progress over time toward meeting the deadlines for action outlined in this Directive.
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