Sustaining Open Government

Sustaining Open Government

Andrew Hoppin@ahoppin

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Is It a Blue Thing?

What Are We Seeking?

• Government We Trust

• Government We Pay Less For

• Government That Serves Us Better

• Governance We Feel Empowered As Part Of

Imperative to ProvideBetter Government…

…With Less $


Social Web Adoption

House

Senate

Judiciary Executive

CityCountyTown

Federal

IndianaVermont

CaliforniaMissouri

……

Civil Servants

Elected Officials

Citizens

Businesses

Interest Groups

Virtual Geography Of OpenGov

Environment

Transit

Health

DMV

Education

Labor

State


Senate.State.NY.US


NYSenate.gov

NYSenate Open Legislation


NYSenate Mobile



Measure Results

• 10,000s watchinglive events

• Interaction w/100,00s of NewYorkers

• 100,000s ofYouTube views

• 100s of publiccomments on bills

Document Public Support• “They are clearly setting the

pace that all other legislativebodies will have to follow. TheUS Congress ought to betaking some clue from them.” -Sunlight Foundation ExecutiveDirector Ellen Miller

• Positive Press

• “Best of New York” VisionaryAward

• @NYSenate 1000s ofFollowers

Saved Money• Modernize Antiquated

Systems, TerminateExpensive SoftwareLicenses

• Open-source platforms &developer tools

• Public Cloud hosting

• Collaborative Development

• Net saving $1MM off~$8MM budget

Created & Published Policies

• Senate Rules forOpen Data

• CC+ Copyright

• Privacy Policy

• Terms of Participation

• Open-Source

… tough to reverse

Built a Hybrid Team• Didnʼt purge staff who

worked under otherParty

• Recruited a non-government geeks intoGovʼt

• Non-geek translators onstaff

• Reached out to stafffrom the other Partybefore the 2010 election

Socialized Change

• Held Unconferences

• Participated in State-wide governmenttech community

• Funded developertraining

NYSenate Sustainability• Documented value, interest, support

• Iterative, Collaborative Public Process

• Neither blue nor red

• Part and parcel of IT modernization,streamlining, can yield cost savings

• Knowledge & skills transferable

• Broad internal & external stakeholder coalition

OpenGov Coalition Now for NYC, NYState• Now promoting openness at City

and State (executive branch)level

• “OpenNY” Coalition of geeks &good govʼt groups

• Academia

• Civil Servants

7 Pillar Sustainability Stakeholder Coalition• Budget Hawks: opengov <--> ongoing govʼt IT consolidation,

streamlining; opengov data --> intra-gov efficiencies

• Civil Servant IT Staff: more fun, easier talent recruitment

• “GooGoos”: traditional govʼt transparency & civic advocacyorganizations

• Geeks: entrepreneurs, civic hackers, open-source communities

• General Public: more direct access, participation

• Academics: objective long-term research on opengov best practices &ROI

• Electeds: shame, glory, legacy

Action Plan

• Whichever of the 7 pillars youʼre part of, connect yourselfto the others

• Create coalitions and shared language that enfranchisesall major stakeholder groups in your geography…transparency + government-as-a-platform innovation + ITconsolidation and efficiency, etc.

• Think & Speak Aspirationally on 10+ Year Timescales:Whatʼs the impact of ubiquitous access to comprehensivemashable information on governance itself? Donʼt let itjust be about “can we afford this data portal?”


Social Web Adoption

House

Senate

Judiciary Executive

CityCountyTown

Federal

IndianaVermont

CaliforniaMissouri

……

Civil Servants

Elected Officials

Citizens

Businesses

Interest Groups

Virtual Geography Of OpenGov

Environment

Transit

Health

DMV

Education

Labor

State

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