III: Strategic Action Plan for Transparency

Continue to improve transparency to allow greater insight into internal processes and plans and ensure a constant, open dialogue with our stakeholders.

Other Information:

While the Department feels that it has made some great strides in transparency over the past year, we recognize that there are continuous improvements we can make that will allow greater insight into internal processes and plans and ensure a constant, open dialogue with our stakeholders. Below are listed several new and ongoing efforts by the Department to ensure we are indeed fulfilling our responsibilities to members of the public to maintain transparency.

Objective(s):

III.A: Flagship Initiative - ED Data Express

III.B: Electronic Data

III.B.1: Data.gov

III.B.2: eRulemaking

III.B.3: IT Dashboard

III.B.4: Recovery.gov

III.B.5: USASpending.gov

III.B.6: EDFacts

III.B.7: Federal Student Aid (FSA) Data Center

III.B.8: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

III.C: Participation and Collaboration Communities

III.C.1: Public Participation at ED.gov

III.C.2: Encouraging Office Participation at ED.gov

III.C.3: OpenEducation.IdeaScale.com

III.C.4: Open Innovation Web Portal

III.C.5: Employee Participation through OpenED

III.D: Internal Processes

III.D.1: Public Notifications

III.D.2: Records Management for National Archiving

III.D.3: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Administration

III.D.4: Congressional Requests for Information

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