On June 10, we filed a response to the United States government’s request for comments on its mid-term self-assessment of the United States fifth National Open Government National Action Plan. It was posted on June 17 and can be downloaded as a PDF from Regulations.gov. We have reproduced the comment in full, below, with added …
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An early assessment of the Biden administration’s record on open government
In February 2021, we authored a coalition letter to the White House with open questions about open government. While then-Press Secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged receipt & shared with staff who work on public engagement and democracy, neither she nor they ever answered the questions. President Biden has not responded to a 2023 coalition letter on …
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Public Comment: How to improve public participation in the rulemaking process
In November 2022, the White House hosted a virtual public engagement session as part of the co-creation process for a new United States National Action Plan for Open Government for the Open Government Partnership. Unfortunately, the White House’s co-creation process was flawed and opaque, ignoring civil society priorities and undermining the Open Government Partnership, resulting …
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The White House’s “reasoned response” omitted key civil society priorities
This public comment was transmitted to the White House Working Group on Open Government on December 20th, 2022. As the U.S. government has still not published the public comments it received since May 2022 during the delayed co-creation process for the 5th National Action Plan for Open Government for the Open Government Partnership, we are …
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