Second Open Government Directive Deadline this Saturday

Despite the major snowpocolypse expected to hit DC tonight, some government agencies are getting a head start on the next major OGD deadline.  This Saturday will be the 60th day since the publication of the new agency-wide transparency policy.  Check out ProPublica’s Transparency Tracker [1] for a full list of agencies that have developed an open-government website.

In addition to the Saturday deadline for each agency to host an open government web portal located at www.[agency].gov/open to serve as the public gateway for all agency OGD related activity there are other requirements as well.  On the White House’s /open site, they should have an Open Government Dashboard that will include each agency’s open government plan and aggregate visualizations and statistics to demonstrating the government’s progress in complying with the OGD.  Further, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will establish a framework for the quality of Federal spending information publicly disseminated through sites like USAspending.gov.  OMB will then require agencies to submit plans with details of the internal controls implemented over information quality, including system and process changes, and the integration of these controls within the agency’s existing infrastructure.

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