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Alex HowardNo leader or government agency genuinely interested in “radical transparency” cuts FOIA staff: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/hhs-firings-federal-health-agencies-foia-requests-public-records/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/hhs-firings-federal-health-agencies-foia-requests-public-records/</a> or gags scientists & doctors, censors data, clamps down on communications, & adopts secrecy in rulemaking: <a href="https://www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com/p/alexander-howard-discusses-hhs-secretary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com/p/alexander-howard-discusses-hhs-secretary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a>

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦it should be obvious by now that anything created by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techbros</a> behind this coup needs to be considered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#malware</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</a>and that includes the 2-3 years of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palantir</a> having free reign hacking everything related to not just <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#passports</a> DOGE IS MORE THAN <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MALWARE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MALWARE</a> IT’S <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RANSOMWARE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RANSOMWARE</a> so who is putting up contingencies to use all the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGOV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGOV</a> tools we have had developed the last 20 years, to audit the White House’s acts of digital terrorism?

OpenFisca• <a href="https://mamot.fr/@HenriVerdier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HenriVerdier</a> will showcase the relevance of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalCommons</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a> for digital transformation and sovereignty and how OpenFisca exemplifies those. • Liv Nordhaug, CEO of the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat, will present how the adoption of digital public goods to enable safe, inclusive, and interoperable digital public infrastructure globally is more relevant than ever, and which efforts are underway to that end.

Ansgar HegerfeldDas Bonbon ist aber diese völlig absurde Regelung, damit die Bürgerinnen und Bürger auch ja nicht die Regelungen in ihrem Bundesland einfach so nachschlagen können: "Auf aktuelle Ausgaben des Staatsanzeigers für das Land Hessen können zunächst nur Abonnentinnen und Abonnenten zugreifen. Zehn Tage nach dem Erscheinen des Amtsblatts wird jedoch eine Leseversion freigegeben, und nach sechs Monaten stehen die Funktionen Drucken und Speichern zur Verfügung."Wie großzügig, nach 6 Monaten darf ich als Bürger ein Dokument mit rechtlichen Regelungen für mich nicht nur angucken, sondern sogar drucken und speichern! Willkommen im Jahr 2025.Quelle: <a href="https://verwaltungsportal.hessen.de/information/staatsanzeiger" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://verwaltungsportal.hessen.de/information/staatsanzeiger</a><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Hessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hessen</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/digitalisierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalisierung</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a>

Alex HowardThe General Service Administration relaunched a <a href="https://GSA.gov/open" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://GSA.gov/open</a> website that documents <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a> policies, programs, & platforms the agency stewards for all Americans, including like Challenge.gov, Data.gov, CitizenScience.gov, Performance.gov and Regulations.gov. (USASpending.gov is a Treasury site.)

JoshData 🐢So my calendar recently "freed up" this Friday, February 7 at 1pm Eastern. Seems like a great time to maybe have an impromptu chat with others the <a href="https://mastodon.joshdata.me/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a> world about how things are going.Are you free? Please feel free to share with the wider <a href="https://mastodon.joshdata.me/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a> community. Would love to catch up with anyone I haven't seen in a while (which is most everyone); would love to meet people in the community I haven't met yet.RSVP: <a href="https://forms.gle/XVoiLy2SFfjXLBwx7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/XVoiLy2SFfjXLBwx7</a>

Josh WellsQuestion for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/govtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govtech</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civictech</a> people: What is the articulation you or others have seen in the quasi-legal DOGE structure supposedly now embedded or taking over the United States Digital Service, as recorded through these explanations at Wikipedia, and defined in the POTUS Executive Order linked from Wikipedia:1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency</a>2. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_DOGE_Service" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_DOGE_Service</a> (was USDS)The USDS original web page at USDS.gov seemingly has no reference to "DOGE" material, furthermore it has the little verification dropdown which reads "An official website of the United States government. Here’s how you know" just like other *.gov domains like USGS.gov and USDA.gov etc. It looks like a normal government web page.But there is also a DOGE.gov website with a very differently stylized "official website" line at the top and with zero information about what the department is, just a splash page. Frankly it looks suspicious, as if some federal IT people are refusing to work on it.Both domains USDS.gov and DOGE.gov show as registered United States government domains with the same government contact information through an iana.org WHOIS.I am teaching a class on open government practices next week and this sure is a piece of work to untangle. I'm frankly at a loss of what to explain here about functions at the federal level. Any help would be very appreciated. Personal DMs fine if you like.cc <a href="https://mastodon.social/@digiphile" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@digiphile</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@allafarce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@allafarce</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@danielschuman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@danielschuman</a> <a href="https://dan.mastohon.com/@danhon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@danhon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pahlkadot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pahlkadot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/@edmullen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@edmullen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@eff</a>

Alex HowardThe USGSA posted its assessment of the completion of the U.S. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a> Commitments for the Open Government Partnership: <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/governmentwide-initiatives/us-open-government/fifth-us-open-government-national-action-plan/summary-of-progress" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gsa.gov/governmentwide-initiatives/us-open-government/fifth-us-open-government-national-action-plan/summary-of-progress</a> A high percentage of completion creates the appearance of robust compliance & good standing, but commitments never reflected US civil society priorities.

Mariel García-MontesBom dia, Brasília! This week I will be at <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/OpenAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAmerica</a> /América Aberta, so I will be posting about <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opendata</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> —especially the state of the art in Brazilian <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/datajournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#datajournalism</a>, and reflections on where our movement is a decade(!) in. They booked me at a hotel designed by Oscar Niemeyer himself! 🤩 <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/midcenturymodern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#midcenturymodern</a>

Oliver DingKlick: "Piraten-Antrag zu <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/OpenGov" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a> angenommen" <a href="http://feedly.com/k/1gpb9BF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://feedly.com/k/1gpb9BF</a> <a href="http://feedly.com/k/1gpb9BF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stay ahead of the curve with F...</a>

Alex HowardThe U.S. government (quietly) asked the American public what should be in the sixth National Action Plan for Open Government: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/GSA-GSA-2024-0016-0001" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.regulations.gov/document/GSA-GSA-2024-0016-0001</a> They received 47 comments to the GSA’s Federal Register notice.My response is here: <a href="https://downloads.regulations.gov/GSA-GSA-2024-0016-0049/attachment_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://downloads.regulations.gov/GSA-GSA-2024-0016-0049/attachment_1.pdf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a>

Josh WellsQuoted from X so you don't have to go there. This looks like a really valuable public science tool. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/anthropocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anthropocene</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scicomm</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#globalwarming</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> Quote Begins: NOAA Climate.gov @NOAAClimate 🚨ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨We have a new Greenhouse Gas Monitoring & Services webpage!This new resource offers a one-stop platform for @NOAA -wide GHG information, news, emissions, data, tools, science explainers, reports, assessments, & educational resources.<a href="https://climate.gov/ghg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://climate.gov/ghg</a>

Josh WellsHello New Folks! <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> I'm Josh, a Prof of Anthropology & Social Informatics at Indiana University South Bend, principal investigator w/Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA). I work at intersections of people, heritage, tech, & research, love to help folks use data systems more humanely, openly, & equitably<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/culturalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culturalheritage</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cyborganthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyborganthropology</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/digitalarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalarchaeology</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/digitalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalhumanities</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/dh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dh</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/informatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#informatics</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSci</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openData</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openGov</a>

Erlend Sogge Heggen<a href="https://social.coop/@ntnsndr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ntnsndr</a> you connected with this work yet?<a href="https://www.cip.org/blog/four-tools-that-cip-is-working-on" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cip.org/blog/four-tools-that-cip-is-working-on</a>> We’re experimenting with taking [Collective Constitutional AI] process and making it possible for any group of people to come together, construct a constitution, and fine-tune an open-source model based on this constitution. This brings together our Roadmap priorities around advancing collective fine-tuning, building for open-source approaches to model governance..<a href="https://www.cip.org/research/ai-roadmap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cip.org/research/ai-roadmap</a><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genai</a>

Alex HowardNew: How the Congressional Hackathon has helped the House work better, for the People it serves <a href="https://civic-texts.ghost.io/how-the-congressional-hackathon-helped-the-house-work-better-for-the-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://civic-texts.ghost.io/how-the-congressional-hackathon-helped-the-house-work-better-for-the-people/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicInterestTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicInterestTech</a>

Alex HowardICYMI, USGSA has issued a request for information in the Federal Register, seeking public input for the 6th U.S. Open Government Action Plan: <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/12/2024-20702/seeking-public-input-for-the-6th-us-open-government-national-action-plan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/12/2024-20702/seeking-public-input-for-the-6th-us-open-government-national-action-plan</a> November 12 deadline for responses. Context: <a href="https://e-pluribusunum.org/2024/09/18/why-the-open-government-partnership-is-failing-to-have-a-positive-impact-in-the-united-states/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://e-pluribusunum.org/2024/09/18/why-the-open-government-partnership-is-failing-to-have-a-positive-impact-in-the-united-states/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a>

Daniel SchumanAugust is the unofficial start for members of the House and Senate to seriously, if quietly, look at updating rules of procedure and stepping up campaigns for plum leadership and committee spots. This week's First Branch Forecast looks under the hood at comprehensive recs from the American Governance Institute and the Foundation for American Innovation. It also looks at the Executive branch's efforts to squirm out of control, the USG's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a> plan, and more.<a href="https://buff.ly/4dethjU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4dethjU</a>

Alper Çuğun-GscheidelGovernment digitization enthusiasts here and elsewhere would probably go apoplectic:To get a document from a Turkish municipality, I called them and they told me to send a message to a WhatsApp number with a picture of my ID and other inputs. The WhatsApp number resolves to an official government account and they answered that they’re processing my request.The rest of the world can’t wait for perfect solutions. They need to get stuff done. <a href="https://rls.social/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opengov</a>

n8chz 🩎Is there <a href="https://queer.party/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenData</a> outside <a href="https://queer.party/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a>? <a href="https://astoundingteam.com/wordpress/2015/08/20/is-there-opendata-outside-opengov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://astoundingteam.com/wordpress/2015/08/20/is-there-opendata-outside-opengov/</a>

Alex HowardImproving FOIA should have been at the center of a 5th <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenGov</a> U.S. national action plan in 2022, but this <a href="https://mastodon.social/@WhiteHouse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WhiteHouse</a> chose to prioritize equity plans & commitments over restoring transparency & accountability in accord with the mandates of Congress & the petitions of civil society advocates. <a href="https://governing.digital/2024/06/21/the-u-s-governments-self-assessment-of-its-performance-on-open-government-suffers-from-opacity-and-omission/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://governing.digital/2024/06/21/the-u-s-governments-self-assessment-of-its-performance-on-open-government-suffers-from-opacity-and-omission/</a> The ongoing lack of oversight of FOIA in Congress is paired with an appalling lack of oversight of open government and US participation in @OpenGovPart: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYicGuW5wA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYicGuW5wA</a>

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