HHS Open Government Plan Version 2

HHS Center for New MediaJanuary 26, 2012

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What is Open Government?

• On January 21, 2009, President Obama issued a call for increased openness in government.

• OMB issued an Open Government Directive (M-10-06) on December 8, 2009 calling on all agencies to develop Open Government plans to address:– Transparency (making information available)

– Participation

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Current HHS Open Government Plan

• Was developed by ad hoc input from across HHS in March-April 2010 (preceded ACA, HHS Strategic Plan, social media guidance, etc.)

• Draft plan published at hhs.gov/open and used public comment/blog for input

• Featured 5 flagship initiatives and 82 projects

• Plan was finalized on April 7, 2010

• Implementation reports posted every 6 months

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Current HHS Open Government Plan

• All 5 HHS flagships have been competed

• Approximately 94% of specific initiatives completed or near completion

• Plan has been well received by stakeholder community and rated among the top 3 across the federal government

• Many goals were vastly exceeded, particularly in transparency

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Government-wide Initiatives

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New Plans Are Needed

• On December 14, 2011 OMB and OSTP requested that all departments issue a “Version 2” open government plan to be available to the public on April 9, 2012

• Plan should include:– Final report on Version 1 implementation

– New “flagship” initiatives for completion in 2013, 2014

– Public input process

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HHS Strategy for Plan Development• Build on past successes

• Leverage existing planning efforts that include complimentary activities of open government

• Use existing coordinating bodies across HHS

• Use technologies to promote input, process, and dissemination

• Increased attention to participation and collaboration

• Consider new theme areas of ‘big data’ and ‘smart disclosure’ if relevant and appropriate

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HHS Approach Planning Process• Deputy Secretary Corr memo to OPDIVs (1/18/12)• Use crowdsourcing approach across HHS• Solicit input for candidate initiatives to highlight from across

HHS (see template)• Face-to-face meetings with key OPDIV/StaffDiv leadership• Include some form of web-based public input throughout the

planning and review processes (using hhs.gov/open)• Increase focus on ‘participation’ and ‘collaboration’

components– Attempt to identify metrics/outcome– Identify ‘opportunities’ to demonstrate new approaches

• Leverage existing committee structures:– Innovation Council, FACA management, CIO Council, Data Council,

New Media Committee, etc. – Coordinate with ongoing planning processes

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HHS Approach Planning Process• Innovation Council will review report developed

from submissions• Identify flagship initiatives that:

– Describe activity that cross-cuts more than one agency OR

– Represent more than one element (transparency, collaboration, participation) OR

– Demonstrate new and transformative approaches to open government

• Suggestions for opportunities for external engagement on the plan will be welcomed

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Structure of the Version 2 Plan

• Introductory Remarks by Department Leadership• Executive Summary• Progress Report on the Version 1 of the HHS Open

Government Plan (2010)• How the Plan was Developed• Leadership, Governance, and Culture Change• Transparency• Participation and Collaboration• Flagship Initiatives

– 2012 – 13– 2013 – 14

• Conclusion

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Timelines

• Draft outline of plan to OMB by February 9

• Submissions of initiatives descriptions by February 24 to open@hhs.gov

• Department-wide clearance March 9 – 23

• Send to ASPA by March 26

• Publish to hhs.gov/open on April 9

• Public comment through end of May

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Summary

• Ideas – submit responses to template to open@hhs.gov

• Other ideas on uses of new media?

• What are we missing?

• If questions, contact Elizabeth Kittrie elizabeth.kittrie@hhs.gov or Greg Downing gregory.downing@hhs.gov

• Thanks!

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