Several times this year, I've blogged about DOT's efforts to fulfill President Obama's Open Government Directive. Yesterday, the effectiveness of those efforts were acknowledged in an announcement on whitehouse.gov by Aneesh Chopra and Cass Sunstein.
Chopra, US Chief Technology Officer, and Sunstein, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, praised DOT's Open Gov achievements with Leading Practices awards in two categories:
- Leadership Governance and Culture Change
- Flagship Initiative
I've observed government close-up for more than two decades, and I know how slowly the wheels of change can spin. So I am very proud of what our Open Gov team has been able to accomplish in the first category. Recognition for "Leadership, Governance, and Culture Change" means DOT is developing a culture where employees are encouraged to
promote transparency, seek opportunities to
increase citizen engagement, and collaborate with others across the
government and outside the government.
And I've already expressed my support for our "Flagship Initiative," Regulation Room on this blog. That website, piloted with the Cornell eRulemaking Initiative, has been a tremendous success, and I am really pleased that DOT's partnership with Cornell was recognized for a Leading Practices award.
In fact, there's a proposed rulemaking posted on Regulation Room right now, so if you're at all interested in weighing-in on airline passenger rights, please give it visit at www.regulationroom.org.
Thank you to all those who have participated in the Department's Open Gov work so far. It's terrific to see DOT leading the way.
very good job,nice workteam.
Posted by: muondo | August 15, 2010 at 09:15 AM
wow! it is really a great news to earns Leading Practices awards.
Posted by: ranadiya | August 16, 2010 at 04:00 AM
This still does not answer the question, what is the URL of the open DOT site? The only thing I've been able to find are the comments on this blog.
Posted by: Dianne | August 16, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Dianne, try http://www.dot.gov/open
Posted by: Austin | August 16, 2010 at 02:15 PM
Would love to see DOT advance the cause of getting all U.S. transit agencies to support open transit data. We launched a new Transit Score feature on http://www.walkscore.com yesterday, but it only works for a limited number of major metro areas, because only 115 out of 750+ transit agencies in the U.S. make their data freely available under a standard license. (see the "Wall of Shame' on http://www.city-go-round.org.
Posted by: Mikemathieu | August 17, 2010 at 02:58 PM
nice work!
Posted by: lizzie mac combe | May 22, 2011 at 03:35 PM