9.2: Interagency Collaboration Opportunities
Participate on interagency work groups to look at how the various datasets and information provided by each agency can be
leveraged to help provide greater benefits to the public.
Other Information:
Treasury is actively participating on several interagency work groups already to look at how the various datasets and information
provided by each agency can be leveraged to help provide greater benefits to the public in key areas, such as jobs creation.
These work groups represent only the beginning of the opportunities to be pursued as these efforts continue. With the objective
of collaborating with other agencies in the advancement of Open Government, Treasury plans to: * Actively participate and
collaborate in interagency workgroups on Open Government * Initiate leadership in sharing Treasury's "OPEN" portal (if any
or available) with other agencies * Sharing materials, results, tools, and training that could be transferable to other agencies
with the government-wide Open Government Steering Committee * Spearheading an “Open Money” (formulation of this committee
if possible to boost Treasury's open government objectives) interagency group on how agencies can coordinate or integrate
complementary financial data that affects stakeholder bottom line for public release * Naming a Treasury advocate for Open
Government who can get the word out about what Treasury is doing on Open Government and is available to talk with other agencies
about what Treasury has learned.
Stakeholder(s):
- The Public
- Jobs Creation Working Group: Treasury participates on an interagency working group on job creation that is chaired by the Department of Commerce. This
working group will be specifically focused on data and resources across government whose release and/or use could lead to
the creation of jobs. The work group states its purpose statement as: “In order to promote job creation throughout the economy,
the agencies of the open government job creation working group are committed to greater transparency of government information,
additional interagency /public-private collaboration and robust participation by the public. These core principles of the
Open Government Directive can, should, and must be focused across the federal government on encouraging economic recovery
and job growth.”
- Leading Practices: Treasury continues to be an active participant on this interagency work group that has developed the first iteration of leading
practices by which agencies' Open Government Plans will be evaluated. Multiple open government advocacy groups have been actively
engaged in this process by providing interactive feedback to the work group. As agencies' efforts to conduct operations in
a more open manner continue, Treasury will continue to participate with the work group to further evolve these leading practices
to incorporate more ambitious stretch goals.
- eFOIA Group: This group is in the early formation stage, with the objective to ensure FOIA requirements are met, and determine how FOIA
can support Open Government activities. Treasury representatives from the Office of Disclosure Services, Office of Privacy
and Treasury Records, will participate on this group.
- Interagency Aid Transparency Work Group: Treasury representatives from the Office of International Affairs actively participate on this work group whose goal is to
provide greater aid transparency to advance global development by assisting governments to better manage their flows and empowering
citizens to hold governments accountable. These efforts will increase the efficacy of USG investments, by providing a clearer
understanding of what we are doing, where, and to what effect. Finally, it will set a new standard by which donors around
the globe can be held accountable.
- Security/Privacy Working Group: An interagency working group was formed and continues work to address security and privacy concerns regarding data identification
and release. Representatives from Treasury's Office of Privacy and Treasury Records participate on in this work group which
is looking at the following areas: * Security working group: Treasury's mission involves several areas that intersect with
national security issues, and as such must ensure that the information and data released to the public does not create unnecessary
risk to our nation's security, while supporting the release of as much information as possible. Security considerations are
embedded in the framework for data quality review for the Department. *Privacy working group: Privacy representatives from
across the Department remain actively engaged in privacy policies and implementation to ensure that information being published
by the Department does not create privacy issues or risk once released.
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