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Open Government Directive, Phase Three: Drafting
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Open Government Initiative
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Jun 22, 9:00am |
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Jul 3, 11:59pm |
| Rate Until: |
Jul 6, 11:59pm |
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375 |
| Versions: |
305 |
| Ratings: |
2256 |
How to use MixedInk
| | Update July 7th 2009:
Thank you to everyone who participated in Phase Three. We are really impressed by the results, and by the collaboration between contributors on many of the drafts. We'll be reviewing this work over the next few weeks as we prepare for the next steps in implementing the President's Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. This site will remain up so that all drafts and votes can be reviewed by the public; we will also make the data available in downloadable form as soon as possible. Stay tuned to the OSTP Blog blog.ostp.gov for future announcements on this. Once again, thank you for your participation.
President Obama issued a Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government in which he called for recommendations on making the government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.
The White House Open Government Initiative is crafting these recommendations in an open fashion with your input. An initial Brainstorming phase in late May asked you to identify topics for the recommendations. The Discussion phase in early June explored those topics in greater depth.
Today, we ask you to work together through July 6th to draft recommendations that translate good ideas and lofty principles into specific actions that can be taken to achieve open government.
Here is what we are asking you to do:
Recommendations should be concise and address:
Who? - Who is being directed to do what?
What? - What is the recommendation designed to achieve?
Why? - Why is it important?
How? - How will success be measured?
Each topic can include several recommendations. These recommendations will inform the drafting of an “Open Government Directive” to Executive branch agencies.
For more information on the White House Open Government Initiative, please visit www.whitehouse.gov/open. Please read the FAQ below to learn more about how to write a recommendation. Please click here for a tutorial on how to use this tool. Now click on a topic to get started drafting.
Update June 26th 2009:
A number of you have told us that there is great excitement about the drafting process in your communities, but that it has taken time to raise awareness about this important effort. We’ve heard you and have decided to extend the time period for drafting and voting.
Drafting of recommendations will now continue through 11:59pm Eastern Friday, July 3rd. Voting will stay open through the holiday weekend, until 11:59pm Eastern Monday, July 6th.
Thank you for your enthusiastic participation. Help us continue to spread the word! |
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The Topics
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Participation |
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Collaboration |
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Transparency Principles: Defining Transparency
53 Contributors, 184 Ratings,
25 Versions |
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Citizen Participation in Government Decision-Making: Creating New Opportunities to Engage
106 Contributors, 486 Ratings,
65 Versions |
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Inter-Governmental and Intra-Governmental Collaboration
53 Contributors, 325 Ratings,
38 Versions |
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Transparency Governance: Institutionalizing Transparency
39 Contributors, 117 Ratings,
15 Versions |
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Strengthening Civic Participation: Training People to Participate
27 Contributors, 58 Ratings,
13 Versions |
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Prizes: Creating Incentives for Public-Private Partnerships
27 Contributors, 87 Ratings,
15 Versions |
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Open Government Operations: Strategies for More Open Government
110 Contributors, 280 Ratings,
23 Versions |
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New Technologies and Participation: Enabling Participation with New Media
34 Contributors, 105 Ratings,
16 Versions |
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Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution
23 Contributors, 33 Ratings,
4 Versions |
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Data Transparency via Data.gov: Putting More Data Online
33 Contributors, 92 Ratings,
7 Versions |
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Enhancing Online Citizen Participation through Policy
19 Contributors, 40 Ratings,
11 Versions |
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All Other Collaboration Recommendations
22 Contributors, 75 Ratings,
20 Versions |
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Access to Information: Improving Access to Government Data
39 Contributors, 97 Ratings,
15 Versions |
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Improving Online Public Participation in Agency Rulemaking/E-Rulemaking
30 Contributors, 71 Ratings,
10 Versions |
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All Other Transparency Recommendations
31 Contributors, 136 Ratings,
16 Versions |
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All Other Participation Recommendations
25 Contributors, 70 Ratings,
12 Versions |
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If you have any questions about the process or the tool being used, check out the Frequently Asked Questions below. Don’t see an answer to your question? Send us a question via blog.ostp.gov.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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1. What’s the process of reading, writing and rating a recommendation?
2. What makes for a great recommendation?
3. How is the MixedInk approach different from a traditional wiki?
4. What if I have a different kind of recommendation, not covered by an existing topic?
5. What will happen to the most popular recommendation drafts?
6. What does it mean to "report" content, and where does that content go?
7. What should I do if I have difficulty using MixedInk's site?
1. What’s the process of reading, writing and rating a recommendation?
Select a topic. Click on the "rate" tab to read the drafts that have been posted and give each a rating based on its importance and feasibility.
To create your own recommendation, use the "write & remix" tab. Note that you can borrow text from others' submissions from within the "rate" tab or the "borrow this sentence" box in "write & remix" tab. You can then mix it with your own language to form a new recommendation. When you reuse others' text, the original authors will be credited.
Since the goal is to create a high-quality final draft recommendation (or set of recommendations) on each topic, you may build upon other highly-rated recommendations.
It's important to visit your topics of interest often, to view new drafts, and to rate them.
2. What makes for a great recommendation?
Writing policy requires translating good ideas into clear directions for practical implementation. Therefore, the best recommendations will be specific and actionable. When writing your recommendations, please state:
Who? - Who is being directed to do what?
What? - What is the recommendation designed to achieve?
Why? - Why is it important? Support your recommendations with relevant facts, evidence, and examples.
How? - Will success be measured?
The Open Government Directive is an executive branch document that will not apply to Congress or the courts. Even the best recommendations that begin with “Congress must...” are not useful.
Brevity is the soul of wit. A great recommendation likely gets to the point in four sentences or less. A topic might require a collection of several recommendations but please try to be as succinct as possible.
3. How is the MixedInk approach different from a traditional wiki?
A wiki is a website for collaborative drafting. In a traditional wiki, the last person to edit a page “wins” and has her changes accepted into the draft. MixedInk enables voting on changes to facilitate more consensual collaboration.
4. What if I have a different kind of recommendation, not covered by an existing topic?
If you feel there is an important recommendation to make that falls outside the scope of the topics listed above, we have created an "All Other Ideas" topic for each of Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration. Please note that recommendations must still relate to Open Government. We encourage you to flag submissions that are off-topic or violate the terms of participation.
5. What will happen to the most popular recommendation drafts?
Your input from this three-phase public consultation process, taken together with input from government employees and submissions received and posted on our website, will be used to inform the writing of a final set of draft recommendations. Not all of your ideas may be used and new ideas from other sources might be added. We will circulate the final draft recommendations for public and inter-agency comment.
6. What does it mean to "report" content, and where does that content go?
Contributers are expected to abide by the terms of use when writing a draft, including keeping their ideas on-topic, and avoiding the display of obscene media or privacy-violating information. As with the OSTP Blog, we depend upon the community to help determine when a draft written here violates the terms of use, by reporting that content for review. Once a certain number of people have reported a draft, it is placed in a queue for a moderator to review. If the draft is off-topic, it will be placed on a separate page. If the draft violates the user conduct provisions of the terms of use, it will be archived but not publicly viewable. If the draft was inappropriately reported, it is re-posted.
7. What should I do if I have difficulty using MixedInk's site?
If you can not use MixedInk, you may compose a draft in the comments on this OSTP blog post, and encourage people to vote for it there. Please be clear which topic your draft applies to. If you have difficulty leaving a comment on the blog, you may send it as an email to opengov@ostp.gov.
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