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Helping to shape the future of government

Helping to shape the future of government

Community Channel : Home Open Government Innovation Collectif Etc, | Architecture, espace public et urbanisme participatif. Vers une fabrique citoyenne de la ville. GovDelivery - Digital Government Communication - GovDelivery OpenPlans | Helping cities work better. Crowd Planning Brings Collaboration Into Urban Design [My Ideal City] PSFK chats with John Geraci of DIYCity, about how crowd planning is impacting city development. As part of our series looking at the future of cities, PSFK reached out to experts to get their take on key trends we’ve identified that are currently affecting urban environments. John Geraci is the founder of DIYCity, a site where people from all over the world think about, talk about, and ultimately build tools for making their cities work better with web technologies. He spoke with PSFK.com about how crowd planned solutions are lowering the barriers to participation and empowering citizens to design their own communities. Why is it important that citizens play an integral part in planning their cities? A city’s residents are the only ones who really get the problems and challenges of cities at the first person level. How do you see the trend of crowd planning developing over time? What advantages do crowd-led methods of urban planning have over more traditional practices? DIY City MyIdealCity

Social Welfare Portal Open Government - Resolution of Canada’s Access to Information and Privacy Commissioners, September 1, 2010, Whitehorse, Yukon Resolution of Canada’s Access to Information and Privacy Commissioners September 1, 2010, Whitehorse, Yukon Calls for greater openness and transparency are exerting increasing pressure on governments to transform their traditional, reactive information dissemination methods into a mode that facilitates proactive disclosure. Technology now affords public institutions the opportunity to directly engage citizens, to proactively disclose information and to support the renewal of the social contract between government and citizens. Open government is linked to access to information legislation. Access to information and privacy commissioners are advocates for open government and promote the paradigm shift from reactive to proactive disclosure, and ultimately to open government. The basic tenets of a sound open government strategy are: Commitment of governments at all levels to lead a cultural change conducive to open government. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Disruptive Social Care Open Government Initiative Open Data Policy Guidance to better manage Federal information as an asset to make it more open, accessible, and usable by the public. Executive Order on Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information The President’s Executive Order on making Federal Government information more open and accessible to promote economic growth and government efficiency. National Action Plan for the United States of America These Open Government efforts are now entering a new phase, as we collaborate with other countries in the global Open Government Partnership. Informing Consumers through Smart Disclosure Memorandum: The purpose of this Memorandum is to set out guidance for agencies to inform and facilitate the use of disclosure, specifically "smart disclosure." Commitment to Open Government Status Report The President’s Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government Open Innovation Memo The Open Government Directive PRA Primer Social Media and the PRA Data.Gov Concept of Operations

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