1.2: Methodology
Approach Open Government as an integral component of the Department’s strategic methodology Other Information:
Treasury approaches Open Government as an integral component of the Department’s strategic methodology. In the spirit of E
Pluribus Unum – out of many, one – the many Treasury Departmental Offices and bureaus operate in unity to serve the American
people. Treasury prioritizes Open Government as a Department-wide effort. The team approach is an effective choice to address
issues that span across multiple disciplines and organizational components. Whether a team is ad hoc, self-managed, or a network,
it must have a process to follow to arrive at a solution. Continuous improvement efforts must start with careful planning,
must result in effective action, and must move on again to careful planning in a continuous cycle. To create a sustainable
infrastructure for implementing open government, Treasury is utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology. The PDSA
approach is an iterative process designed to identify cause and effect of situations through implementing on a small scale,
refining the process based on the findings, then implementing the solution on a larger scale. If the first iteration is not
successful, the team then goes back to the Plan stage to come up with some new ideas for solving the problem and goes through
the cycle again. As Treasury implements various components of our open government plan and measures the results, we will determine
what is effective and what is not, and where adjustments to the plan may be needed to continue progress towards our goal of
truly open and transparent operations.
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