Agencies Issue Evaluations Of Open Government Plans
Ahead of schedule, the White House has posted assessments of agencies' plans for incorporating Obama's principles of open government into their missions, NextGov.com reported.
Each agency was required on April 7 to submit a roadmap for increasing civic participation, private sector collaboration and transparency in government. White House officials that day said, by May 1, the administration would hold agencies accountable by evaluating the plans based on criteria outlined in a December directive. Instead, the administration chose to have each agency evaluate its own plan against the directive's requirements and post those self-evaluations on Tuesday.
"The assessments show that we are off to a good start -- but have much more work to do as we transition our overall efforts towards effective agency implementation," wrote federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra on a White House blog.
The self-reviews were based on a checklist of 30 criteria, such as the inclusion of a key, flagship activity. Detailed evaluations are located on each agency's open government homepage and a summary assessment is posted on the open government dashboard. Agencies that met a criterion got a green flag, while those that have more work to do got a yellow flag. Many of the flags are colored yellow. To read more, click here.
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