The Participation Company
Over on the NCDD blog, Lucas Cioffi shares a few Updates on Open Gov Activities. Apparently, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hosted a meeting last week that covered ExpertNet, among other things: 2) Launch ExpertNet ExpertNet will be a platform for government agencies to harness the expertise that is distributed across [...]
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Early on during the Expertnet consultation last year, I shared the following (sadly, the Expertnet wiki is locked due to its paid subscription having expired, but Google still has most of it cached): re: Notifying Experts tbonnema Dec 18, 2010 12:43 am It looks like ExpertNet is trying to solve at least two distinct problems: [...]
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As I mentioned earlier, I was a little surprised to see ExpertNet make the U.S. National Plan. The ExpertNet RFI online consultation was inconclusive, to put it nicely, with many key questions left unanswered. There was no formal closure or follow-up, so we don’t know what input was considered, if any. Whatever it is that will be [...]
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Yesterday saw the much-anticipated launch of the Open Government Partnership, including the unveiling of the United States Open Governnment National Action Plan (PDF). Just like we did when the Open Government Directive was announced a little less than two years ago, let’s take a look at what the US National Plan has in store with regard [...]
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As part of the newly-launched Campaign to Cut Waste, the White House on Monday announced an initiative that aims to “get rid of at least half” of an estimated 24,000 federal websites. From a public participation perspective, here’s the part that’s interesting (emphasis mine): As one of the first steps of the Campaign to Cut Waste and as [...]
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The Open Government Research and Development Summit is being held at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Washington DC today and tomorrow. According to early reports on Twitter (here, here, here), the US Government is still actively pursuing the idea of creating an ExpertNet. Shelley Metzenbaum (OMB) is quoted saying that they hope to begin [...]
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Over the weekend, I learned about LexPop, a new wiki-based site that invites participants to collaboratively craft public policy on any issue (see their current project: Policy Drive: MA Net Neutrality). From the about page (emphasis theirs): Just as pamphlets were once the most efficient and effective means for distributing ideas, so too was this type [...]
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With barely three days left, the ExpertNet online consultation is quickly drawing to a close. Like many others, I’ve been reading along with great interest and even made the occasional contribution. There are a number of key parameters that I believe are critical to understanding what ExpertNet is trying to achieve and how. As I pointed out [...]
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The online consultation around the ExpertNet RFI has been under way for almost three weeks. A couple of weeks back, I raised two key questions concerning the scope of the proposed platform: ExpertNet scope: intended audience, topic focus According to the original draft, “[ExpertNet] allows government officials to tap into a vast network of experts and [...]
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This just in via the Open Government Directive Google group! The US General Services Administration (GSA) is looking for input on a proposed ExpertNet platform. Draft Concept for Government-Wide “ExpertNet” Platform and Process To Elicit Expert Public Participation in Response to Government Questions AGENCY: U.S. General Services Administration. ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. SUMMARY: [...]
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