4.1: GSA’s Online Conversation

Maintain an online collaboration tool at www.opengsa.ideascale.com, where employees and the public had a conversation about open government at GSA.

Other Information:

From Feb. 6 to March 19, 2010, GSA maintained an online collaboration tool at www.opengsa.ideascale.com, where employees and the public had a conversation about open government at GSA. The tool was designed to collect public input on four main topics: 1. Transparency; 2. Participation; 3. Collaboration; and 4. Innovation. Registered members were able to share ideas, comment on existing ideas, and vote on ideas. At the end of the six weeks, 74 ideas were posted by 52 people. The 256 registered users submitted 132 comments and cast 446 votes. The ideas and comments were presented as posted, with no edits or changes by GSA. GSA reviewed these ideas during creation of this plan. Twenty-two other federal agencies participated in this online conversation. All moderators throughout the government met weekly to discuss problems and best practices in implementing this online engagement tool to engage with the public on open government. Throughout the six weeks, GSA made changes to the tool in response to feedback from these meetings and comments posted by users.

Stakeholder(s):

• Employees


• The Public


• Other Federal Agencies

Indicator(s):

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