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Dick Stapleton from HHS and Mark Pietrasanta from Aquilent join host John Gilroy to discuss best practices that federal agencies can use to engage citizens. May 24, 2011
In open government, dumping information on a website is useless if the users cannot quickly understand what the information means for them.
The White House says the order is all about transparency. But Senate Republicans say details in the draft aren\'t clear. And they\'re worried about an infringement of First Amendment rights, and how the donation information will be used at agencies.
The Delaware Democratic senator wrote a letter to federal CIO Vivek Kundra asking for more details about which transparency websites will continue and which will go dark. Congress reduced the E-Government Fund by 76 percent in 2011forcing some near-term decisions.
Congress slashed funds to open government websites. Will these cuts impact the way feds\' do their jobs?
Federal executives recognize that citizens are \"frustrated\" with government\'s ability to engage and service the public. We learn more from Melissa Hardt and Bryan Klopack, authors of a new study on engagement.
A senior Republican lawmaker is optimistic that the Obama administration\'s transparency websites can be kept online.
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board says nearly everyone who\'s taken stimulus money is filing reports about how they\'re using it.
The agreement between the White House and Congressional leaders to fund the government through the remainder of 2011 would strip the E-Government fund of more than three quarters of its dollars. The fund, managed by the General Services Administration, pays for several of the Obama Administration\'s government transparency websites.
Open government proponents are calling for more transparency, and they are taking that message to the streets.
Do you know what furlough-bait looks like? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you have a mirror handy it easy to find out.
Several sites, including Data.gov, the IT Dashboard and the FEDRamp cloud efforts, could be shut down in the next two months if the administration doesn\'t get more money under the E-government fund. In all, nine sites are on the list to be discontinued by July 30 if OMB doesn\'t find money to keep it going. Experts say OMB has several ways to keep the sites up, including pass-the-hat among agencies.
On the chopping block are the government\'s transparency programs and websites like USAspending.gov and Data.gov.
You’re familiar with a lot of the open government projects at the federal level. You have sites like Recovery.gov, which tracks stimulus spending, and Data.gov. That site keeps tabs on various projects that agencies are…