III: Participation

Strive to reach a broader range of groups (especially those historically underrepresented) and understand their views

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Transparency informs the public, and participation informs the government. EPA has historically engaged our federal, state, tribal and local partners, the public and other stakeholders. We are striving to reach a broader range of groups (especially those historically underrepresented) and understand their views. In order to hear from more diverse groups, EPA is using more diverse methods to receive input. For example, EPA reached out to stakeholders using a variety of tools to develop this Open Government Plan. We provided a means to accept comments via our Open Government Web site, conducted a stakeholder meeting, and used the Greenversations blog, Twitter and Facebook (links provided in Section III.B.2). Because EPA is a regulatory agency, enabling participation in the rulemaking process has a large impact on the public and is one of our top priorities. We have a number of active and successful public participation efforts in rulemaking and other areas, described below. The remainder of this section provides information about the Agency’s: * Participation history and baseline. * Participation Innovations.

Stakeholder(s):

• Underrepresented Groups

Objective(s):

III.A: Participation History and Baseline

III.B: Participation Innovations

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