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"Throughout President Obama's administration, the U.S. Department of Education has embraced new principles of open government: transparency, participation, and collaboration. Our commitment continues. Building on early successes, Open Government at the Department of Education continues to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access." — Deputy Secretary Jim Shelton, III
ED Open Government Plan and Updates
- Open Government Progress Update (2016) PDF (2.97M)
- Open Government Progress Update (2015) PDF (738K)
- Open Government Plan 3.0 (2014) | PDF (1.0M)
- Open Government Plan 2.0 (2012) | PDF (1.3M)
- Open Government Plan 1.0 (2010) | PDF (647K)
Connect and Comment
- opengov@ed.gov
- Homeroom Blog posts: Open Government / Open Data
- Education Community on Data.gov
- Ed Tech Newsletter
- ED Social Media
Evaluating Our Progress
Self Evaluation
- June 25, 2010
MS WORD (57 KB) | PDF (82 KB) - April 23, 2010 MS WORD (64 KB) | PDF (87 KB)
Evidence for our score on the Open Gov Dashboard (February 2010).
Open Data @ ED
Open Government
Customer Service Plan
The Department's Customer Service Plan is designed to improve the delivery of services to our customers by redesigning the business processes and systems that impact key customer interactions.
- Customer Service Plan [PDF, 517KB]
Plain Language
Scientific Integrity Policy
Digital Government Strategy
- Digital Government Strategy
PDF (680K) | HTML5 - ED Digital Government Strategy Report
HTML | JSON (16K) | XML (29K) - ED.gov/developer
Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
