Open Government Radio

We will looking back at the first year of the White House's "Open Government Initiative" for "lessons learned" (and "lessons-to-be-learned"). As a starting point, we will discuss the articles in the current issue of the International Journal of... more

OpenGov: How to Measure Success. Dave Lewan of ForeSeeResults.com explains how they measure Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration by federal agencies. To follow along with us (and the links) for this show, go to the... more

For the past 10 days, citizen have been providing Ideas, Votes, and Comments about how to improve Transparency, Participation and Collaboration with federal agencies. We will take calls from listeners about their experiences, but first will... more

In compliance with the Open Government Directive, federal agencies launched their "/open" webpages on Feb. 6th, along with a link for the public to give ideas about each agency's "Open Government Plan" (due April 6th). --- Also, OMB... more

Public participation advocate Peter Levine blogs that White House's "Open Government Initiative" has focused so much on "transparency" that it has neglected the "participation" aspect. --- http://peterlevine.ws/mt (1/27/10) --- And... more

The first deadline for federal agencies to comply with the Open Government Directive was last Friday, January 22, 2010 (i.e., "high-value datasets"). How did they do? Let's talk about it. Also, the next OGD deadline is February 6, 2010 for... more

Attendees of Monday's OGD Workshop are invited to call in and give feedback to the Workshop organizers (Lucas Cioffi, et al.) so that improvements can be made in the next Workshop in the series about federal agencies learning to... more