In an OMB memo released Tuesday, Federal Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients mandated several improvements to USASpending.gov in accordance with a GAO report released March 12th. The memo reads, “transparency is a
MoreIn testimony Tuesday before the U.S. subcommittee on federal financial management, government information, federal services and international security, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra spoke about how the Obama administration’s Open Government
MoreGovernment agencies are getting better at reporting specific statistics about their Freedom of Information Act operations, according to a report by the U.S. General Accountability Office. In line with transparency efforts, Congress
MoreSome federal departments have found a loophole in a policy that prohibits government websites from tracking online visitor activity, according to NextGov. In 2000, the Office of Management and Budget issued a
MoreOpen government has become the buzz phrase in the Obama administration. When OMB Director Peter Orszag in December last year released the Open Government Directive to federal department and agency executives to
MoreBeth Simone Noveck is the United States deputy chief technology officer and director of the White House Open Government Initiative. Currently on leave from her academic career, she previously taught at the
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