Open Government Guidelines
Open Government Guidelines
Working Models
Past Working Models
- Open Gov Playbook by the Open Government Directive
- The Open Government Guidebook describes step-by-step processes for opening government. This is a work in progress and active wiki below to share and brainstorm within.
Principles & Guidelines
- Sunshine 2.0 Guide by e-democracy (last updated 8/2012)
- Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency and Participation in Practice by O’Reilly (2/2010) Guidelines and case studies. Available for free in remembrance of Aaron Swartz.
Comparison & Critique
- San Diego Regional Data Library Municipal Open Data Policies Report (April 2013)
- Open States’ Open Data Report Card (March 2013)
- Sunshine Review’s State and Local Government Report Card (2013)
- U.S. PIRG’s Transparency in City Spending: Rating the Availability of Online Government Data in America’s Largest Cities (January 2013)
- A Model for Evaluating Digital Civic Innovation in Cities by Harvard Kennedy School (Nikhil Gahlawat and others) in progress.
- How Many Clicks to Get to Your Budget? by Virginia Coalition for Open Government An assessment (w/ grades) of VA Counties budget access and transparency. (2012)
- Open Government Plans Audit by Open the Government An assessment of Federal agencies to meet the goals of President Obama’s 2009 Open Government Initiative Memo (2010)
- U.S. Municipalities E-Governance Survey - A Nationwide Assessment of U.S. Municipal Websites by Rutgers, et al (2008)
Case Studies & Progress Reports
- Technical.ly/Philly’s City of Philadelphia Open Data Executive Order: report card 1 yr later (May 2013)
- http://www.nyc.gov/html/digital/downloads/pdf/digitalroadmap2012.pdf Digital Roadmap NYC A progress report on NYC’s digital/tech goals of: access, education, open government, engagement and industry. (August 2012)
Other Resources
- e-democracy’s Local Government 2.0 Roundup of relevant guides and reports on open government and social media policy.
- Crowdsourcing for Democracy: A New Era in Policy Making by Tanja Aitamurto (2012)