Participative Planning &
DemocrASSESSment
“CROWD-SHAPE THE MONEY”
Project
Strengthening e-Participation at key
decision points in Federal Innovation and
Performance Management
Presented April 19 By M. Lennon at eDemocracyCamp2
Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet
George Washington University

Scope of e-Participation focus
Not Talking about What this talk is about
Innovation w/in Fed Agency
• Legislative activities Programs
– Lawmaking Transforming critical
– Budget authorization decision-making
• Campaign-related activities through
e-Participation
activities
– 1 Participative Planning -
• Regulation-making Given a budget and
activities direction, selecting where,
what and how to get the
work done
– 2- DemocrAssessing - how
well (or not) specific
activities are going
Questions can be directed to
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com

What has changed that makes the window
of opportunity right TODAY?
• New Leadership
• Success through innovative involvement of the
public
• Maturing Government Processes
– 10+ year track record of Results Gathering and
Performance Evaluation at the Department level
– More consistent Investment Governance methods
• Web 3.0 opportunities create new forms of
interaction
– Revolution in technology allows large-scale
collaboration, includingcan be directed to and synthesizing
Questions capturing
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com
individual feedback

Key Decision Points in the Government
Change Process
Pre - Acquisition Acquisition Sustainment
Key
Business Program Alternative Project
Decision Planning Authorization Selection Decision Executive Review & Milestones
Points:
0 1 2 3
text 4
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Aquisition
Acquisition 3A Segment 2
Concept Alternative Low Rate
Phases Selection
1A
Selection
Prototype 2A
Production
Production
Blocks 3B Segment 3
Project
Life Cycle
Project LiFE Cycle
Need Identification /
Program Initiation
(PI)
Concept & Technology
Development
(C&TD)
Capability Development &
Demonstration
(CD&D)
Production &
Deployment
(P&D)
Operations & Support
(O&S)
Capital Planning & Investment
CPIC SELECT
- Screen, Score, Select
CONTROL
Monitor
Direct Corrective Action
EVALUATE
Conduct Eval
Knowledge Harvest
Phases
control
Questions can be directed to
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com

Key Decision Points in the Government
Change Process
Pre - Acquisition Acquisition Sustainment
Key
Business Program Alternative Project
Decision Planning Authorization Selection Decision Executive Review & Milestones
Points:
0 1 2 3
text 4
text
Acquisition 3A Segment 2
Concept Alternative Low Rate
Phases Selection
1A
Selection
Prototype 2A
Production
Production
Blocks 3B Segment 3
Project Need Identification / Concept & Technology Capability Development & Production &
Operations & Support
Life Cycle Program Initiation
(PI)
Development
(C&TD)
Demonstration
(CD&D)
Deployment
(P&D)
(O&S)
CONTROL EVALUATE
CPIC SELECT
- Screen, Score, Select
Monitor Conduct Eval
Direct Corrective Action Knowledge Harvest
Phases
Questions can be directed to
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com

Quick Win – DemocrAssessment
Mashup
• A Program-level
Scorecards based on
3 sources
– Current Budget
(Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/budget)
– Current Performance
Rating (Source:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/expectmore)
– Incorporate Citizen
Feedback
Questions can be directed to
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com

Example (Pell Grant Program)
Agree with Rating? 90% 10%
Agree with Future spending? 75% 25%
Additional comments here
Questions can be directed to
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com

Why would a public servant want to launch
an PLANNING e-Participation initiative?
• Improve the quality and diversity of innovation options
• A legitimizer -- demonstrate public support
• Reduce decision-making uncertainty
– Reduce unknowns in key strategic decisions
– Enhance Visibility into range, intensity & dimensions of social and psycho-demographics
around program
– Prioritization of complex and competing interests
• Identify risks
– Outsiders tend to identify unorthodox or unconventional risks better than inside “Experts”
• Promote transparency
– Promote faster response capability, introduce credible sources of faster feedback,
• Become inspired and empowered
– Re-discover why s/he went into public service
Questions can be directed to
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com

Questions for Discussion
• Identifying top Intervention Opportunities
• Identifying Pitfalls
• Assessing Feasibility
• Resources
– Technologies
– Partners & Collaborators
– Volunteers
• Policy
Questions can be directed to
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Michael.Lennon@Adlenn.com