3.1: Open Government Plan Governance and Approach

Establish leadership roles to meet the requirements of the Open Government Directive.

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GSA approached the development of this plan by establishing leadership roles to meet the requirements of the Open Government Directive. In addition, GSA: * assigned two senior executive sponsors to serve as lead and co-lead and to oversee the open government planning; * designated a senior accountable official to implement the quality framework over financial data; * established an open government Program Management Office to manage the Open Government Directive requirements and reporting; and * created an open government working group to enable cross-functional planning. GSA also has representatives on various Office of Management and Budget interagency groups to assist with further planning and criteria development. Senior executives with open government responsibilities who are involved in the governance are: the Deputy Administrator, Administrators for the Office of Governmentwide Policy, and the Office of Citizen Services and Communication, the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer. Figure 1 is the open government governance chart that shows GSA’s executive sponsors, working group and GSA’s representation on the OMB subworking groups. As part of GSA’s governance, the open government executives will work with Federal Acquisition Service and Public Building Services to identify future open government activities in these core mission areas. We will update our Plan to include these activities and timeframes. GSA’s Open Government Communications Plan, included as Appendix 1, shares the Administrator’s commitment to provide a consistent message throughout the organization that open government principles are to be incorporated in the way GSA executes its mission.

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