1. Experiment No. 5
Open Government Playbook Workshop Series (2009-2010)
http://opengovdirective.pbworks.com
(leadership in action)

2. Historical Context

3. We will “open up
government decision-
making and involve the
public in the work of
agencies, not simply
soliciting opinions, but
by tapping into the vast
and distributed
expertise of the
American citizenry to
help government make
more informed
decisions.”
President
Barack Obama

4. Open
Government
 Transparency
 Collaboration
 Participation
 Effectiveness

5. Presidential Priority: Open
Government

6. Presidential Priorities
 TRANSPARENCY – Create a culture of openness and
accountability
 PARTICIPATION – Drive expertise into decision-making
 COLLABORATION – Solve problems through partnership
 EFFECTIVENESS – Streamline services and reduce waste

7. Approaching Wicked Problems
Equity Sustainability
Economy POLICYMAKERS
Integrate major
naAonal policies
Education
Environment Health
CITIZENS
Integrate voices in
Wiki Government
Viability

8. Change Has Come To
The White House
WhiteHouse.gov is just the beginning
of the changes in structure and
personnel at the White House.
The new Administration continues to
look for ways to expand and deepen
citizen engagement.

9. New Executive Office
of The President
 Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra
 Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra
 Chief Performance Officer, Jeffrey Zients
 Office of New Media Group, Katie Stanton, Director of Citizen
Participation
 Office of Public Liaison, Tina Tchen, Director
 Office of Social Innovation, Sonal Shah, Director
 Office of Science and Technology Policy, Beth Noveck,
Director
 Office of Urban Policy, Adolfo Carrion, Director

10. Democratizing Data
Before Vivek Kundra became Federal CIO,
he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
in Washington D.C.
As CTO, Kundra pushed the boundaries of
Information Technology setting the
standard for transparency and
accountability.

11. Democratizing Data
 Adopted Google Apps as a collaboration platform
 Video taped vendor interactions and posted on
YouTube
 Instituted a rigorous regime of metrics and
accountability for government contracts.
 Launched the contest "Apps for Democracy"
encouraging developers to create applications for
the Web and cell phones that would give District
residents more access to city data.

14. • Inquiry & Hr 2 • Decision- Hr 4
discussion • Conflict making • Preferred
Resolution • Alternative solution
• Balance solutions synthesis
priorities
Hr 1 Hr 3

15. Exploration, Conflict Resolution, Decision-making, Collaborative Action

16. Integrating Public Participation
Methods
Online/Offline Slow Growth
Endowment
Public Forums & Stakeholder Strategic Media
Teleconferences Dialogues Counsel Relations &
Dissemination
eGlobal Policy Collateral Web & Conference
Wiki & Voting Development Interactive Planning &
Media Production
Network Work
Retail/ Coordination
Schedule
Investments

17. Hybrid PP 2.0 Strategy Alternative

18. Strategic Planning
Problem
Planning Goals
Data Vision

19. Team Structure
Team
Leader
Team A Team B Team C
Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant

20. Charrette Readiness Guide

21. 1 • Strategy
2 • Wiki Coord.
Team Member
3 • Collab.
Expertise
Culture
4 • EA
5 • IT &
Security
6 • Change
Mgnt.
7 • Admin.
8 • Gov 2.0
9 • Democracy
2.0
10 • Open Gov:
Trans.
11 • Open Gov:
Public
12 • Open Gov:
Collab.
13 • Law/Policy
14 • Organ.
Develop.
• Public
15 Needs

22. Cross-agency
Commitments
Interactive Gov 2.0
Resources Leveraged
Communication
Technologies
Strategic Counsel
Voting
Technologies
Web & Interactive
Media
Retail/Investments
Media Relations &
Dissemination
Facilitator Network
Collateral
Development
Conference
Planning &
Production

23. Expanding Impact with New
Technologies
 Engage larger numbers of people
 Enable two-way communication
 Provide multiple levels of engagement
 Efficient allocation of resources

24. Leveraging Online & Mobile Tools
 Educating and Building Awareness
• Informing the Conversation

25. Leveraging Online & Mobile Tools
 Expanded Face to Face Meetings
• Online Deliberation

26. Existing Online Technologies for
Mapping Goals, Wiki-petition/policy
drafting, and Debate

27. Leveraging Online & Mobile Tools
 Sustained Participation

28. Open Gov Playbook, Feb. 17

29. International Best Practices

30. “Change will not come if
we wait for some other
person or some other time.
We are the ones we've
been waiting for. We are
the change that we seek.”
~ Barak Obama

31. Thank You!
Current work
http://opengovdirective.pbworks.com
Blog
http://transformation-designpad.com