1. HHS Open Government Plan
Version 2
HHS Center for New Media
January 26, 2012
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2. What is Open Government?
• On January 21, 2009, President Obama issued
a call for increased openness in government.
• OMB issued an Open Government Directive
(M-10-06) on December 8, 2009 calling on all
agencies to develop Open Government plans
to address:
– Transparency (making information available)
– Participation
– Collaboration
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3. Current HHS Open Government Plan
• Was developed by ad hoc input from across
HHS in March-April 2010 (preceded ACA, HHS
Strategic Plan, social media guidance, etc.)
• Draft plan published at hhs.gov/open and
used public comment/blog for input
• Featured 5 flagship initiatives and 82 projects
• Plan was finalized on April 7, 2010
• Implementation reports posted every 6
months
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4. Current HHS Open Government Plan
• All 5 HHS flagships have been competed
• Approximately 94% of specific initiatives
completed or near completion
• Plan has been well received by stakeholder
community and rated among the top 3 across
the federal government
• Many goals were vastly exceeded, particularly
in transparency
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6. New Plans Are Needed
• On December 14, 2011 OMB and OSTP
requested that all departments issue a
“Version 2” open government plan to be
available to the public on April 9, 2012
• Plan should include:
– Final report on Version 1 implementation
– New “flagship” initiatives for completion in 2013,
2014
– Public input process
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7. HHS Strategy for Plan Development
• Build on past successes
• Leverage existing planning efforts that include
complimentary activities of open government
• Use existing coordinating bodies across HHS
• Use technologies to promote input, process, and
dissemination
• Increased attention to participation and
collaboration
• Consider new theme areas of ‘big data’ and
‘smart disclosure’ if relevant and appropriate
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8. HHS Approach Planning Process
• Deputy Secretary Corr memo to OPDIVs (1/18/12)
• Use crowdsourcing approach across HHS
• Solicit input for candidate initiatives to highlight from across
HHS (see template)
• Face-to-face meetings with key OPDIV/StaffDiv leadership
• Include some form of web-based public input throughout the
planning and review processes (using hhs.gov/open)
• Increase focus on ‘participation’ and ‘collaboration’
components
– Attempt to identify metrics/outcome
– Identify ‘opportunities’ to demonstrate new approaches
• Leverage existing committee structures:
– Innovation Council, FACA management, CIO Council, Data Council,
New Media Committee, etc.
– Coordinate with ongoing planning processes 8
9. HHS Approach Planning Process
• Innovation Council will review report developed
from submissions
• Identify flagship initiatives that:
– Describe activity that cross-cuts more than one
agency OR
– Represent more than one element (transparency,
collaboration, participation) OR
– Demonstrate new and transformative approaches to
open government
• Suggestions for opportunities for external
engagement on the plan will be welcomed
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10. Structure of the Version 2 Plan
• Introductory Remarks by Department Leadership
• Executive Summary
• Progress Report on the Version 1 of the HHS Open
Government Plan (2010)
• How the Plan was Developed
• Leadership, Governance, and Culture Change
• Transparency
• Participation and Collaboration
• Flagship Initiatives
– 2012 – 13
– 2013 – 14
• Conclusion
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11. Timelines
• Draft outline of plan to OMB by February 9
• Submissions of initiatives descriptions by
February 24 to open@hhs.gov
• Department-wide clearance March 9 – 23
• Send to ASPA by March 26
• Publish to hhs.gov/open on April 9
• Public comment through end of May
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12. Summary
• Ideas – submit responses to template to
open@hhs.gov
• Other ideas on uses of new media?
• What are we missing?
• If questions, contact Elizabeth Kittrie
elizabeth.kittrie@hhs.gov or Greg Downing
gregory.downing@hhs.gov
• Thanks!
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