INNOVATION & SOCIAL MEDIA:WHITE HOUSE

Established in 2009

White House Social Media Stats:

+1 million Facebook Fans

+2 million Twitter Followers

+3,500 Flickr Photos

+140,000 MySpace Friends

+150,000 YouTube Subscribers

+3,500 Vimeo Subscribers

Upon entering the White House, the Obama Administration launched the Open Government Initiative

This initiative has welcomed a new era of openness in government than we

have ever seen in practice through the use of new innovative techniques and

the use of social media outlets.

OGI is based on three core values that government should encourage and promote:

1. trans·par·en·cypromoting accountability so citizens are aware of what their Government is doing. E.g. Recovery.gov (tracking stimulus money), SF 278 Request Form (personnel financial disclosure document).

RECOVERY.GOV

Track the Money

Transparency Con’t

POTUS & FLOTUS Tax Return

Transparency Con’t

Data.gov is where government agencies get to share information with the public.

What you can find:Performance of flightsEconomic, healthcare,

environmental and otherinformation accessible in electronic form.

Three Core Values:

2. par·tic·i·pa·tionpublic engagement increases Government’s efficiency. Citizens should be a part of policy-making. E.g. working to launch a “government-wide software tool and process to elicit expert public participation” called “ExpertNet.”

Participation Con’tThe WH Office of New Media took

lead on Open Question – an initiative that welcomed

suggestions and ideas from you and me on how we could get the

economy back on track.

Three Core Values:

Collaboration Con’t

Collaboration Con’t

White House Open Government Initiative –Innovation Assessment

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Before the current administration

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