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The Open Government Directive issued on December 8, 2009, called on the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer to create an Open Government Dashboard to assess the state of open government in the Executive Branch. The Dashboard tracks agency progress on the deliverables set out in the Directive, including each agency’s Open Government Plan.

On April 7th, 2010, every Federal department published an Open Government Plan – a concrete and specific roadmaps for making operations and data more transparent, and expanding opportunities for citizen participation, collaboration and oversight.  You can learn more about and provide feedback on each department’s Open Government Plan by clicking on the name of the agency below. 

To review summaries of selected open government flagship initiatives that Federal departments and agencies are undertaking to make government more transparent, participatory and collaborative, take a look at our fact sheet. The original scorecard for the Open Government Dashboard is also available.

KEY: Meets ExpectationsMeets Expectations Progress Toward ExpectationsProgress Toward Expectations Fails to Meet ExpectationsFails to Meet Expectations
Agency


High-Value Data
Data Integrity
Open Webpage
Public Consultation
Formulating the plan
Transparency
Participation
Collaboration
Flagship Initiative
Overall Plan

Meets Expectations: Registered 3 High-Value Data Sets
Progress: Registered at least one high-value data set
Meets Expectations: Assigned high-level senior official
Progress: Assigned non-senior official
Meets Expectations: Launched webpage with all required elements
Progress: Launched webpage with some required elements
Meets Expectations: Webpage includes mechanism for public feedback
Progress: Announced opportunities for public feedback
Meets expectations: Fulfilled all 30 requirements in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Missing even one item in evaluation checklist.
Meets expectations: Fulfills all requirements of Questions 1-4 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 1-4 in evaluation checklist.
Meets expectations: Fulfills all requirements of Questions 5-16 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 5-16 in evaluation checklist.
Meets expectations: Fulfills all requirements of Questions 17-19 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 17-19 in evaluation checklist.
Meets expectations: Fulfills all requirements of Questions 20-24 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 20-24 in evaluation checklist.
Meets expectations: Fulfills all requirements of Questions 25-30 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 25-30 in evaluation checklist.

High Value Data

Meets Expectations: Registered 3 High-Value Data Sets
Progress toward Expectations: Registered at least one high-value data set
Fails to Meet Expectations: No progress

Data Integrity

Meets Expectations: Assigned high-level senior official
Progress toward Expectations: Assigned non-senior official
Fails to Meet Expectations: No progress

Open Webpage

Meets Expectations: Launched webpage with all required elements
Progress toward Expectations: Launched webpage with some required elements
Fails to Meet Expectations: No progress

Public Consultation

Meets Expectations: Webpage includes mechanism for public feedback
Progress toward Expectations: Announced opportunities for public feedback
Fails to Meet Expectations: No progress

Overall Plan

Assessments are based on a checklist of 30 criteria drawn directly from the text of the Open Government Directive. “Green” denotes fulfilling all of the requirements and “yellow” for those missing even one item on the evaluation checklist.

Formulating the Plan

This component addresses whether the Plan was crafted with interdisciplinary collaboration and public participation. Green denotes fulfilling all the requirements of Questions 1-4 of the evaluation checklist. Yellow denotes fulfilling some.

Transparency

This component addresses whether the Plan fulfills the requirements for opening the doors and data of the agency. Green denotes fulfilling all the requirements of Questions 5-16 of the evaluation checklist. Yellow denotes fulfilling some.

Participation

This component addresses whether the Plan fulfills the requirements for improving public participation in agency policymaking. Green denotes fulfilling all the requirements of Questions 17-19 of the evaluation checklist. Yellow denotes fulfilling some.

Collaboration

This component addresses whether the Plan fulfills the requirements for cooperation within the department, across agencies and levels of government, and with the private sector . Green denotes fulfilling all the requirements of Questions 20-24 of the evaluation checklist. Yellow denotes fulfilling some.

Flagship

This component addresses whether the Plan fulfills describing at least one specific and ambitious open government project. Green denotes fulfilling all the requirements of Questions 25-30 of the evaluation checklist. Yellow denotes fulfilling some.

List of Senior Accountable Officials (SAO’s) accountable for the quality and objectivity of Federal spending information.

List of senior level representatives for their respective departments and agencies on the Open Government Working Group.

 

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