OI 4 Initiative 2: Open Government and Citizen Engagement

Support Open Government and Citizen Engagement Through Tools, Best Practices and Training.

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Initiative: Support Open Government and Citizen Engagement Through Tools, Best Practices and Training. Description: OCSIT supports the ongoing use of tools to create dialogues and contests. The tools that support open government and citizen engagement are Challenge.gov and the Citizen Engagement Platform. As we move forward, we will improve the features and functions of these tools and share best practices and training. Challenges: Limited funding and resources. Outcomes: * Increase open government and drives innovation. * Build the capacity within federal, state and local governments to execute contests and dialogues to leverage expertise outside of their organization and solve government’s most pressing problems. * Save federal agencies valuable time and resources by providing access to no-cost, policy-compliant tool platforms for contests, blogs, wikis and forums. * Offer agencies the centralized expertise and community of practice managed and the advantage of learning from the experiences of other agencies.

Stakeholder(s):

• Federal Agencies: Customers: Federal agencies and officials from all disciplines


• Federal Officials

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