VIII.2: National Service Activity by State

Improve both the quality and accessibility of our State activity reports.

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Currently, the Corporation publishes annual reports by state on our website so that the public can see where our activities are taking place. These reports, called National Service State Profiles, show the total number of participants, program sites, and funding by state, along with a list of all programs broken down by city and state. Over the coming year, we plan to improve both the quality and accessibility of these reports through the following changes. First, we will make the information available as a downloadable data set. By doing so, we hope to encourage better and more extensive uses of the data, to find new ideas for formatting the data, and to bring to light gaps in the data that we can fill. In addition to making the data available on our website, we will submit it to Data.gov to further publicize its availability. We will also maintain the prior years so that a historical record becomes available. Second, we will expand the amount and quality of information that we provide on a geographical basis. The makeup of these expanded reports will be determined by the Open Government Council, but they are likely to build on the existing reports by including short program descriptions and contact information so that potential volunteers or collaborators can easily find out what is happening in their area and contact local programs. A longer term goal is to include performance information for grantees. We will also explore new technology approaches, such as interactive maps and mobile applications, to share this information in a more user‐friendly way.

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