Chopra: Open Gov't Directive Imminent
The Obama administration is weeks away from unveiling a comprehensive open government directive to push agencies toward greater accountability and transparency, Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said Wednesday at a high-tech conference. The directive will lay out a structured schedule for the release of data in a machine-readable format and institute reporting requirements for agencies to describe how they will involve the public in open government initiatives, Chopra said.
He also told the crowd at the Gov 2.0 summit that more interactive Web-based platforms are in the works. The Obama administration launched an Internet-based dashboard in June that provides details about every major federal IT project at a single location, including each initiative's goals, schedule, cost outlays, key personnel, and contractors used. The OMB also runs Data.gov, a service that provides the public raw feeds of government information. Read CongressDaily's story here for more details (subscription required).
Some recent stats provided by OMB:
• The IT dashboard has received 53 million hits since its launch on June 30.
• The dashboard displays data from 28 agencies, information on more than 7,000 federal IT investments and detailed data on more than 780 large projects.
• The Data.gov catalog which, as of September, has 110,865 data sets, allows the American people to find, use, and repackage data held and generated by the government.
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