Experiment No. 5 Open Government Playbook Workshop Series (2009-2010)

http://opengovdirective.pbworks.com (leadership in action)

Historical Context

We will “open up government decision- making and involve the public in the work of agencies, not simply soliciting opinions, but by tapping into the vast and distributed expertise of the American citizenry to help government make more informed decisions.”

President Barack Obama

Open Government

  Transparency

  Collaboration

  Participation

  Effectiveness

Presidential Priority: Open Government

Presidential Priorities   TRANSPARENCY – Create a culture of openness and

accountability

  PARTICIPATION – Drive expertise into decision-making

  COLLABORATION – Solve problems through partnership

  EFFECTIVENESS – Streamline services and reduce waste

Approaching Wicked Problems

CITIZENS Integrate voices in Wiki Government 

POLICYMAKERS Integrate major naAonal policies 

Viability

Equity Sustainability Economy

Environment Health

Education

Change Has Come To The White House

WhiteHouse.gov is just the beginning of the changes in structure and personnel at the White House.

The new Administration continues to look for ways to expand and deepen citizen engagement.

  Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra

  Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra

  Chief Performance Officer, Jeffrey Zients

  Office of New Media Group, Katie Stanton, Director of Citizen Participation

  Office of Public Liaison, Tina Tchen, Director

  Office of Social Innovation, Sonal Shah, Director

  Office of Science and Technology Policy, Beth Noveck, Director

  Office of Urban Policy, Adolfo Carrion, Director

New Executive Office of The President

Democratizing Data

Before Vivek Kundra became Federal CIO, he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

in Washington D.C.

As CTO, Kundra pushed the boundaries of Information Technology setting the

standard for transparency and accountability.

Democratizing Data

  Adopted Google Apps as a collaboration platform

  Video taped vendor interactions and posted on YouTube

  Instituted a rigorous regime of metrics and accountability for government contracts.

  Launched the contest "Apps for Democracy" encouraging developers to create applications for the Web and cell phones that would give District residents more access to city data.

• Inquiry & discussion

Hr 1

• Conflict Resolution

• Balance priorities

Hr 2 • Decision-making

• Alternative solutions

Hr 3

• Preferred solution synthesis

Hr 4

Exploration, Conflict Resolution, Decision-making, Collaborative Action

Integrating Public Participation Methods

Online/Offline

Strategic Counsel

Public Forums & Teleconferences

Stakeholder Dialogues

Media Relations &

Dissemination

eGlobal Policy Wiki & Voting

Web & Interactive

Media

Conference Planning & Production

Collateral Development

Network Work Coordination

Schedule Retail/

Investments

Slow Growth Endowment

Hybrid PP 2.0 Strategy Alternative

Strategic Planning Problem

Goals

Vision Data

Planning

Team Structure

Team Leader

Team A

Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant

Team B

Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant

Team C

Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant

Charrette Readiness Guide

1 • Strategy

2 • Wiki Coord.

3 • Collab. Culture

4 • EA

5 •  IT & Security

6 • Change Mgnt.

7 • Admin.

8 • Gov 2.0

9 • Democracy 2.0

10 • Open Gov: Trans.

11 • Open Gov: Public

12 • Open Gov: Collab.

13 • Law/Policy

14 • Organ. Develop.

15 • Public

Needs

Team Member Expertise

Cross-agency Commitments

Interactive Gov 2.0 Resources Leveraged

Strategic Counsel

Communication Technologies

Media Relations & Dissemination

Voting Technologies

Web & Interactive Media

Conference Planning & Production

Collateral Development

Facilitator Network

Retail/Investments

Expanding Impact with New Technologies

 Engage larger numbers of people

 Enable two-way communication

 Provide multiple levels of engagement

 Efficient allocation of resources

Leveraging Online & Mobile Tools   Educating and Building Awareness

•  Informing the Conversation

Leveraging Online & Mobile Tools   Expanded Face to Face Meetings

•  Online Deliberation

Existing Online Technologies for Mapping Goals, Wiki-petition/policy drafting, and Debate

Leveraging Online & Mobile Tools   Sustained Participation

Open Gov Playbook, Feb. 17

International Best Practices

“Change will not come if we wait for some other

person or some other time. We are the ones we've

been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

~ Barak Obama

Thank You!

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