Around the Government
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.
Progress: Registered at least one high-value data set
Progress: Assigned non-senior official
Progress: Launched webpage with some required elements
Progress: Announced opportunities for public feedback
Progress: Missing even one item in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 1-4 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 5-16 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 17-19 in evaluation checklist.
Progress: Fulfills some requirements of Questions 20-24 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.