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Open Government in the United States Eugene J. Huang Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

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Open Government in the United States

Eugene J. HuangSenior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer

White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

Photo by: with an eye: http://www.flickr.com/photos/with-an-eye/4252529812/

Source: Office of Personnel Management – “File Cave”

“There’s an app for that”

“There’s a form for that”

Consumers Embrace Emerging Technologies

Public Sector Operations a Reminder of 20th Century Performance

• First Executive Action

• Ushering in a new era of openness and accountability

• Articulating 3 principles:

• Transparency promotes accountability

• Participation strengthens decisions

• Collaboration enables others to help

Memorandum on Transparency & Open Government

Toward a New Performance CompactA Government that Works

Dec 2009

Feb 2010 (within 60 days)

Jan 2010 (within 45 days)

Mar 2010 (within 90 days)

Apr 2010 (within 120 days)

Open Government

Directive released

CTO and CIO launch dashboard to track agencies’ progress on open government

activities

OMB issues framework for the use

incentive-based strategies

Agencies publish open government

plans

Open Government DirectiveStrategy to Deliver Results Across 120 Days

All agencies publish at least three new,

high-value data sets on data.gov

January 22 All agencies publish at least 3 new, high-value data sets on Data.gov

February 6 All agencies create an Open Government Webpage to serve as a portal for their implementation of the Directive

February 6 CIO and CTO launch open government dashboard to track progress across the Executive Branch.

April 7Executive Branch agencies publish Open Government Plans.

“Government as a Platform”Federal, State and Local Approach to Unlock the Value of Data

Opening Multiple Channels to Serve Applicants

“In the next 90 days, USCIS will launch a vastly

improved Web site that will, for the first time ever,

allow applicants to get updates on their status of

their applications via e-mail and text

message and online.”–President Barack

Obama, June 25, 2009

7,000+ workers (out of 19,000) submit, comment on 3,000+ ideas over one month

–ten are approved for implementation

VBA Innovation Initiative

VA Engages Employeesto Reduce Claims Turnaround Times

Wikified Army Field Guide

Soldiers collaboratively update Army Doctrine from the field

Collaboration Within Government

Prize Competition Delivers Results in 9 HoursMIT Embraces Spirit of Collaboration to Answer DARPA’s Call

Source: balloon.mit.edu; networkchallenge.darpa.mil

MIT Balloon Team Design

DARPA Network Challenge

Empowering Everyday Americans in Crisis“Mission 4636” & “Virtual USA” Democratize Disaster Response

“Virtual USA” DHS Open Government Initiative enables FL, LA, MS to exchange real-

time data

Critical data: location of oil rig sites, spill path projections,

economic impacts on oysters, birds, wildlife

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1“Mission 4636” text

messaging collaboration completes 50,000 calls for assistance through an all-

volunteer effort

Avg. response time: 10 minutes

Source: State Department, Lin Wells; DHS S&T Directorate; Virtual USA

Haitian Earthquake

Gulf Coast Oil Spill

"I just am glad someone is

listening and to know I'm not

alone."

“Where can I find food &

water?”

"I see people trapped under a

building and they are alive at this location! Send

Help!"