Open Government Directive Background Resources

Introduction
This page aggregates resources on the Open Government Directive.

Government Resources

 * White House Open Government Page
 * Open Government Directive blogpost (December 8, 2009)
 * Open Government Directive Memo [PDF] (December 8, 2009)
 * Open Government Directive Progress Report to the American People (December 8, 2009)
 * Cabinet Agency Open Government Commitments
 * OSTP blogposts on public access policy
 * Two new groups dedicated to open government WH Blog


 * White House Memorandum [PDF] on Transparency and Open Government (February 24, 2009)
 * GSA "Open Government Directive: Guidance for Agency Web and New Media Teams" webpage
 * White House "Open Government Directive Status Report" (September 16, 2011)

Sunlight Resources

 * OGD /Open Pages come to life 2/7/2010
 * Imagining /Open Pages (wireframes for what the /Open page could look like) 1/21/2010
 * Sunlight's Open Government Directive Main Page
 * Evaluating /Open Pages (1/19/2010)
 * Three misconceptions about the open government directive (12/11/2009)
 * A Sneak Peek at Cabinet Department Open Government Projects (12/8/2009)
 * Open Government Directive Timelines (12/8/2009)
 * Sunlight Press Release on Open Government Directive (12/8/2009)
 * New Media Directors: What To Do (12/10/09)
 * A Watershed Moment in Transparency and Accountability(12/11/09)
 * White House asks for help with Data.Gov and OGD Dashboard (12/18/09)
 * Blog Post on Dashboard and /Open milestones: 2/7/10.

Agency Data Release Deadlines

 * OGD agency data release schedule wiki

Additional Resources

 * OpenGov Open Feedback Firehose (each Agency's OGD discussion + RSS feeds) links

/Open Trackers

 * White House Open Government Dashboard
 * Sunlight Lab's "Open Watcher" that monitors when /Open pages are established
 * Pro Publica's Transparency Tracker
 * GSA's Agency Contact Info for Idea Scale links