Performance Strategy #5: Open Government

Promoting Accountability and Innovation through Open Government

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In his first executive act on January 21, 2009, the President committed this Administration to an unprecedented level of openness through his Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. Transparency holds the government accountable for results by inviting public scrutiny of performance data such as agency goals and measures, sources of improper payments, and details on government spending. Transparency also supports performance improvement – accelerating the pace of innovation by opening us up to new ideas, speeding cross-agency learning, and enlisting the public’s expertise and desire to help.

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5.1: Accountability

5.2: Innovation

5.3: Ideas

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