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April 2010 Open Government Plan Self-Assessment
About this Page
Here you will find OPM’s April 23, 2010, self-evaluation of our
Open Government Plan
[1.32 MB]. The directions,
provided by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), were to indicate a response
to each of the criteria in the Open Government Directive as follows:
Red (R) – plan does not satisfy the requirement
Yellow (Y) – plan partially satisfies the requirement
Green (G) – plan fully satisfies the requirement
N/A - not applicable because agency does not engage in that activity or area
We were also asked to include any explanatory comments at the end of our self-evaluation and to consider providing page references.
We have modified the format for usability and accessibility and corrected a typographical error but have not otherwise modified the questions or our responses.
The column labeled “pages” refers to the page numbers in
version 1.1
[1.32 MB], which we posted with this evaluation. You can see all of the versions on our
News page.
Self-Evaluation
Table 1: Formulating the Plan in the Open
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Question
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Color
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Pages
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1. Was multidisciplinary collaboration involved in formulating the plan?
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Green
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2. Was public consultation involved in crafting the plan?
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Green
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3. Was the plan published in an open format, online, on time and on the
open government page and with raw data?
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Green
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4. Is there a plan for continued public engagement as part of the review
and modification of the open government plan?
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Green
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Throughout the plan
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Table 2: Transparency Strategic Action Plan
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Question
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Color
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Pages
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5. Does the plan contain a strategic action plan that inventories agency high-value
information currently available for download?
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Green
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12-18
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6. Is there a plan to foster the public’s use of this information to increase
public knowledge and promote public scrutiny of agency services?
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Green
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17
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7. Does the action plan identify high value information not yet available
and establish a reasonable timeline for publication online in open formats with
specific target dates?
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Green
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14
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8. For agencies providing public information in electronic format: Is there
a plan for timely publication of underlying data for public information maintained
in electronic format?
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Green
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17-18
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9. Does the plan identify key audiences for information and their needs,
and the agency endeavors to publish high-value information for each of those audiences
in the most accessible forms and formats?
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Green
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Throughout the plan
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10. Is there a plan to demarcate educational material as free for re-use?
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N/A
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11. Does the plan detail compliance with transparency initiative guidance,
and where gaps exist, detailed steps the agency is taking and the timing to meet
the requirements for each initiative:
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a. Data.gov
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Green
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18
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b. eRulemaking
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Green
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18
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c. IT Dashboard
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Green
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18-19
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d. Recovery.gov
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Green
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19
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e. USAspending.gov
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Green
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19
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12. Are there details of proposed actions (with clear milestones) to inform the
public of significant actions and business of the agency (e.g. agency public
meetings, briefings, press conferences, town halls)?
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Green
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26
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13. Does the plan address existing record management requirements by providing:
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a. Website link
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Green
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20
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b. Identifying and scheduling all electronic records
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Green
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19-20
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c. Timely transfer of all permanently valuable records to the National Archives
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Green
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20
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14. Does the plan address FOIA by providing:
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a. Website link?
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Green
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20
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b. Staffing, organizational structure, and process for responding to FOIA requests?
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Green
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20-21 & site
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c. Assessment of capacity to analyze, coordinate and respond to requests in a timely
manner?
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Green
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20-20 & site
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d. If there is a significant FOIA backlog, details on how the agency will reduce
the backlog by 10% each year?
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N/A
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15. Does the plan address congressional requests by providing a:
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a. Website link?
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Green
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21
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b. Staffing, organizational structure, and process for responding to Congressional
requests?
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Green
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20-21
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16. Does the plan address declassification, if applicable by providing a:
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a. Website link?
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Green
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21
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b. Where the public can learn about declassification programs, accessing declassified
materials, and provide input about what types of information should be prioritized
for declassification?
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N/A
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Table 3: Participation
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Question
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Color
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Pages
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17. Does the plan explain how the agency will improve participation, including steps
the agency will take to revise its current practices to increase opportunities for
public participation in and feedback on the agency’s core mission activities (including
proposed changes to internal management and administrative policies to improve participation)?
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Green
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Throughout the plan
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18. Does the plan describe and provide links to websites for the public to engage
in existing participatory processes?
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Green
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9-10
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19. Are there proposals for new feedback mechanisms (including innovative tools
and practices for public engagement)?
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Green
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Throughout the plan
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Table 4: Collaboration
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Question
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Color
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Pages
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Does the plan list steps the agency will take to revise its current practices to
further collaboration:
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20. With other Federal and non-Federal government agencies? Including the use of
technology platforms to this end?
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Green
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Throughout the plan
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21. With the public? Including the use of technology platforms?
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Green
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Throughout the plan
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22. With non-profit and private entities? Including technology platforms?
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Green
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Throughout the plan
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23. Are there links to websites that describe existing collaboration efforts of
the agency?
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Green
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25
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24. Does the plan describe the Innovative methods (e.g. prizes and collaborations)
to increase collaboration with the private sector, non-profit, and academic communities?
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Green
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32
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Table 5: Flagship Initiative
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Question
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Color
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Pages
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25. Does the plan include at least one specific flagship engagement?
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Green
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28-33
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26. Does the description provide an overview of the initiative: how it addresses
one or more of the three openness principles and how it aims to improve agency operations?
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Green
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28-29
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27. Does it identify external partners for collaboration (if appropriate)?
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Green
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28-29
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28. Is there a plan for public participation in contributing innovative ideas to
the flagship?
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Green
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29-30
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29. Does the description explain how the improvements to transparency, participation
and/or collaboration will be measured?
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Green
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30-32
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30. Does the flagship include a description of sustainability and room for improvement?
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Green
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32-33
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Comments:
Re: 10: OPM does not produce materials that are specifically for educational purposes.
Re: 14d: OPM’s FOIA backlog is insignificant; we have already reduced it to fewer than 50 outstanding requests.
Re: 16b: OPM does not have classification authority. We explain this fact on the Web page referenced in 16a.