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White House & OMB Documents
- President’s Management Agenda (Fall 2019 Update)
- President’s Management Agenda (Spring 2019 Update)
- President’s Management Agenda (2018 Full Agenda)
- Office of Management and Budget, FY16 Report to Congress on E-Government Act Implementation (August 2017)
- Megan Smith and Cori Zarek, Celebrating Five Years of the Open Government Partnership, Now 70 Countries Strong, The White House Blog (September 20, 2016)
- Office of Management and Budget, Open Government Plan (September 2016)
- Cori Zarek, Agencies Continue to Deliver on Day-One Commitment to Open Government, The White House Blog (July 14, 2016)
- Office of Management and Budget, FY15 Report to Congress on the Implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 (June 17, 2016)
- DJ Patil, Two Years of Transformative Open Data for Public Good, The White House Blog (May 11, 2015)
- Office of Management and Budget, FY14 Report to Congress on the Implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 (February 27, 2015)
- Kristen Honey, Open Data: Empowering Americans to Make Data-Driven Decisions, The White House Blog (February 5, 2016)
- Jeffrey Chen, Tyrone Grandison and Kristen Honey, Moving from Open Data to Open Knowledge: Announcing the Commerce Data Usability Project, The White House Blog (January 29, 2016)
- Mary Beth Goodman And Megan Smith, Advancing Open and Citizen-Centered Government, The White House Blog (October 27, 2015)
- Tom Kalil and Jenn Gustetic, Building Momentum for Open Innovation, The White House Blog (October 22, 2015)
- Steve Vanroekel and Todd Park, Continued Progress and Plans for Open Government Data, The White House Blog (May 9, 2014)
- Corinna Zarek, Building a More Open Government, The White House Blog (March 19, 2014)
- Office of Management and Budget, FY13 Report to Congress on the Implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 (March 1, 2014)
- Todd Park, Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, The White House Blog (February 24, 2014)
- Office of Management and Budget, FY14 Report to Congress on the Benefits of the E-Government Initiatives (January 8, 2014)
- Nick Sinai and Gayle Smith, The United States Releases its Second Open Government National Action Plan, The White House Blog (December 6, 2013)
- Nick Sinai and Gayle Smith, Open Government Progress, The White House Blog (October 31, 2013)
- Lisa Ellman and Hollie Russon Gilman, Open Government is an Open Conversation, The White House Blog (July 3, 2013)
- Todd Park and Steven Vanroekel, Introducing: Project Open Data, The White House Blog (May 16, 2013)
- Executive Office of the President of the United States, FY13 Report to Congress on the Benefits of the E-Government Initiatives (May 9, 2013)
- Lisa Ellman and Todd Park, Open Government: A Time for Self-Assessment, The White House Blog (March 29, 2013)
- Executive Office of the President of the United States, FY12 Report to Congress on the Implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 (March 2013)
- The Presidential Innovation Fellows – Open Data Team, Open Government Data Spurs Entrepreneurship and Jobs, The White House Blog (February 4, 2013)
- Cass R. Sunstein and Chris Vein, Celebrating the Release of Open Government Plan, The White House Blog, April 9, 2012
- Office of Management and Budget, “Report to Congress on the Benefits of the President’s E-government Initiatives” (FY 2012)
- The Open Government Partnership, National Action Plan for the United States of America (September 20, 2011)
- Steven Croley, A Status Report on the Administration’s Commitment to Open Government, The White House Blog, September 16, 2011
- President Barack Obama, Executive Order: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review (January 18, 2011) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, “Increasing Openness in the Rulemaking Process – Improving Electronic Dockets” (May 28, 2010)
- Secretary Ray LaHood, Sunshine Week at the Department of Transportation, The White House Blog, March 18, 2011
- Office of Management and Budget Open Government Plan, April 7, 2010
- Director Peter Orzsag, Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies (Open Government Directive Memo), December 8, 2009
- Director Peter Orzsag, Rulemaking 2.0, Office of Management and Budget, June 19, 2009
- Improving Online Public Participation in Agency Rulemaking, White House Open Government Initiative, Jesse Lee, June 12, 2009
- President Barack Obama, Transparency and Open Government, The White House Blog, January 21, 2009
- Office of Management and Budget, FY08 Report to Congress on the Benefits of the E-Government Initiatives (2008)
- Office of Management and Budget, “OMB Accelerates Effort to Open Federal Regulatory Process to Citizens and Small Businesses” (May 6, 2002)
- Office of Management and Budget, “Testimony of Mark Forman Before the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy of the Committee on Government Reform” (2001)
- Office of Management and Budget, “OMB Outlines New Federal E-Government Strategy” (2001)
- Office of Management and Budget, “OMB Expands Use of Internet in Regulatory Review Process” (2001)
Regulatory Agency Documents
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Open Government Plan (updated February 2019)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Open Government Plan 5.0 (updated September 2018)
- Social Security Administration, Open Government Plan 4.1 (updated February 17, 2017)
- Federal Housing Finance Agency, Open Government Plan (updated September 15, 2016)
- United States Agency for International Development, Open Government Plan (updated September 15, 2016)
- United States Department of Justice, Open Government Plan 4.0 (updated September 15, 2016)
- National Science Foundation, Open Government Plan 4.0 (updated September 14, 2016)
- United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Open Government Plan (updated July 2016)
- United States Department of Agriculture, USDA Open Government Plan 4.0 Update (2016)
- United States Department of Health & Human Services, Open Government Plan (updated September 2016)
- United States Department of Treasury, Open Government Plan 4.0 (updated September 2016)
- United States Office of Personnel Management, Open Government Plan (updated September 2016)
- United States Department of Labor, Open Government Plan (updated September 2016)
- United States Department of Agriculture, Open Government Plan (updated 2016)
- United States Department of Commerce, Open Government Plan (updated September 28, 2015)
- United States Department of Education, Open Government Plan (updated April 2012)
- Open Government Plan, United States Department of Transportation (updated April, 2012)
- Improvements to Regulations.gov Make for Easier Access to Federal Regulations, United States Environmental Protection Agency (February 2, 2010)
- eRulemaking Enhances Regulations.gov for Access to Federal Regulations, United States Environmental Protection Agency, August 3, 2009
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, eRulemaking Initiative Public Forum (August 6, 2004)
- Kimberly Nelson (EPA CIO), “Statement before the House Committee on Government Reform” (March 24, 2004)
- EPA Administrator Leavitt, “Remarks to EPA Web Workgroup” (January 13, 2004)
- U.S. Department of Transportation, “Report on DOT Significant Rulemakings”
Other Documents
- Administrative Conference of the United States, Improving Access to Regulations.gov’s Rulemaking Dockets (December 1, 2018)
- Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 2018-3: Electronic Case Management in Federal Administrative Adjudication (June 15, 2018)
- Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 2013-5: Social Media in Rulemaking(December 5, 2013)
- “Improving Electronic Dockets on Regulations.gov and the Federal Docket Management System: Best Practices for Federal Agencies,” Erulemaking Program Management Office (November 30, 2010)
- Jeffrey W. Seifert, Reauthorization of the e-Government Act: A Brief Overview, Congressional Research Service Report (May 14, 2008)
- Curtis Copeland, Electronic Rulemaking in the Government, Congressional Research Service Report (Oct. 16, 2007)
- Interim Report on the Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project for the 21st Century, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, December 2006. (Please note: This file is very large and can take a longer time to upload.)
- U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Electronic Rulemaking: Progress Made in Developing Centralized E-Rulemaking System” GAO-05-777 (September 2005)
- U.S. General Accounting Office, “Electronic Rulemaking: Efforts to Facilitate Public Participation Can Be Improved” GAO-03-901 (September 17, 2003)
- U.S. General Accounting Office, “Federal Rulemaking: Agencies Use of Information Technology to Facilitate Public Participation” GAO/GGD-00-135R (June 30, 2000)
- Presidential Memorandum on Electronic Government, (December 17, 1999)
- Henry H. Perritt, Jr., “Electronic Dockets: Use of Information Technology in Rulemaking and Adjudication,” Report to the Administrative Conference of the United States (October 19, 1995)
- National Performance Review, “REG04: Enhance Public Awareness and Participation,” in Improving Regulatory Systems, (September, 1993)
- National Performance Review, “IT03: Develop Integrated Electronic Access to Government Information and Service,” in Reengineering Through Information Technology, (September, 1993 )
- Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 305.90-5: Federal Agency Electronic Records Management and Archives (1990)
- Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 305.89-8: Agency Practices and Procedures for the Indexing and Public Availability of Adjudicatory Decisions (1989)
- Administrative Conference of the United States, Recommendation 305.88-10: Federal Agency Use of Computers in Acquiring and Releasing Information (1989)