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- July 14, 2010 at 3:24 PM EDT
Closing the Tech Gap
U. S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra is introduced the second iteration of the IT Dashboard, a revolutionary program allowing the American people to monitor IT investments across the Federal government.
- July 14, 2010 at 10:38 AM EDT
New Apps Have Been Dreamed Up, Now You Choose the Best One
The moment of truth has come. It is time for you to decide which new apps will help move the needle on childhood obesity.
- July 13, 2010 at 2:10 PM EDT
$5 Million Prize Purse to Drive America’s Innovation Engine
NASA’s Centennial Challenge program is a dramatic departure from business as usual. Centennial Challenges are inducement prizes that challenge independent teams to race to achieve bold goals—and to do so without a single penny of upfront government funding. Today NASA announced three new Challenges.
- June 28, 2010 at 11:22 AM EDT
Cutting Waste by Reforming IT
OMB Director Peter Orszag explains why fixing government's IT is imperative for improving government's efficiency and effectiveness.
- June 25, 2010 at 3:57 PM EDT
More than 450,000 White House Visitor Records Online
As part of his commitment to transparency, President Obama ordered that White House visitor records be released. This White House has released over 450,000 records to date.
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Save Award
Federal government employees can submit ideas for cutting costs and improving efficiency in their agencies.
Apps for Africa
The State Department's challenge to build the best digital tools to address community challenges in Africa.
Open NSTC
Submit your ideas on improved advanced manufacturing, modeling and simulation.
OPEN GOVERNMENT POLICY
The President’s Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government
The President’s first executive action, the Open Government Memorandum calls for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government.
Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act
Clarifying the use of social media as it relates to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).. Explains that agencies can have "public meetings" over the Internet without violating the PRA; that wikis, ratings, rankings, and online requests for general feedback are not subject to the PRA; and that certain types of contests and prizes are likewise not subject to the statute.
Information Collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
A PRA primer to give a clear, simple, transparent understanding of the law’s central requirements. Directly responsive to inquiries from the public and from agencies.
Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government
The Guidance provides a policy and legal framework for the use of prizes and challenges to promote open government, innovation, and other national priorities.
A Strategy for American Innovation: Driving Towards Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs
The President’s strategy identifies public sector innovation as critical to creating a national environment ripe for entrepreneurship.
The Open Government Directive
The Directive hardwires accountability, instructing every agency to open its doors and data to the American people. (also available as pdf, txt, and doc)
Data.Gov Concept of Operations
The ConOps paper outlines the going-forward strategy for Data.gov and is open to comments and suggested improvements. (download as pdf or doc)
