Governance
Resources on Governance
OMB Circular A-130 —Managing Information as a Strategic Resource
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OMB M-17-06 —Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
Checklist of Requirements for Federal Websites and Digital Services —The relevant laws, policies, and regulations for federal agencies.
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2012 Digital Government Strategy —The 2012 Digital Government Strategy mission drives agencies, and the need to deliver better services to customers at a lower …
Tools and Services
Section508.gov —Guidance for Federal agencies on IT accessibility compliance.
News and Events on Governance
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A Federal Guide to De-risk Government Technology Projects—Written for cross-functional teams delivering IT services to their users, the Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, write contracts, and oversee agile software activities to reduce risks and improve outcomes for end-users. — via 18F
This Week’s IDEA
Who’s on Your Digital Dream Team?
Getting the right skills, talent, leadership, and support in place to build winning digital tools and services
Customer Experience
A Guide For Agencies Building CX Capacity
GSA’s customer experience team has released a federal buying guide to aid agencies with buying CX Services.
How We Work
Strengthen Your Organization’s Vision Through Collaboration
Build community with people who will be adopting new technologies.
Fostering Medical Innovation: A Plan for Digital Health Devices
It is incumbent upon FDA to ensure that we have the right policies in place to promote and encourage safe and effective innovation that can benefit consumers, and adopt regulatory approaches to enable the efficient development of these technologies. By taking an efficient, risk-based approach to our regulation, FDA can promote health through the creation
FOIA Best Practices Workshop Continues This Summer
The Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to announce two new topics and dates for our Best Practices Workshop series as we continue this initiative this summer.
Automatic HTTPS Enforcement for New Executive Branch .Gov Domains
HTTPS is a necessary baseline for security on the modern web. Non-secure HTTP connections lack integrity protection, and can be used to attack citizens, foreign nationals, and government staff. HTTPS provides increased confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity that mitigate these attacks. In June 2015, the White House required all new federal web services to support and
DigitalGov University in Review: 2016 Training Trends
DigitalGov University (DGU), the events platform for DigitalGov, provides programming to build and accelerate digital capacity by providing webinars and in-person events highlighting innovations, case studies, tools, and resources. Thanks to your participation, DGU hosted over 90 events with 6,648 attendees from over 100 agencies across federal, tribal, state, and local governments.
Celebrating Nanotechnology With a Day, a Dash, Some Nuggets, and a Plan
Summary: The release of an updated National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan caps a month of activities highlighting nanotechnology. The Federal government continues to play a key role in the success of the U.S. nanotechnology enterprise through the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)—as was
Laying the Foundation for a More Secure, Modern Government
Summary: Building on efforts to boost Federal cybersecurity & as part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, today we’re releasing a proposed guidance to modernize Federal IT. America’s spirit of ingenuity and entrepreneurship created the world’s most innovative economy and keeps us dominant in today’s digital age. Indeed, in 1985 about 2,000 people used the Internet;
Further Enhancing the Federal Government’s Privacy Practices
Summary: The Office of Management and Budget is releasing updated guidance on the role and designation of Senior Agency Officials for Privacy. The digital economy has transformed how citizens interact with their Government. Government services related to immigration, student loans, health insurance, and veterans’ benefits are just a sample of the services now available online.
NASA: Open Gov Plan 2016 Outline
Here is the outline for our 2016 Open Government Plan. Let us know what you think.
Building on 30 Years of Experience to Prepare for the Future of Biotechnology
Summary: EPA, FDA, and USDA unveil two documents as part of the Administration’s continuing effort to modernize the Federal regulatory system for biotechnology products. Today, the Federal government has taken an important step to ensure public confidence in the regulatory system for biotechnology products and to improve the transparency, predictability, coordination, and, ultimately, efficiency of that
Updated FOIA Regulation Template and Guidance Now Available
On September 7th, the Office of Information Policy (OIP) released an updated version of its Guidance for Agency Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, along with an updated FOIA Regulation Template. These resources were first issued in March 2016. OIP has updated them to take into account changes made to the FOIA by the FOIA Improvement
DATA Act Prototype: Simplicity Is Key
Last week we wrote about how we diffuse knowledge through shared interests and sharing best practices on the Micro-purchase Platform. This week, we’ll focus on some of the lessons learned during the (completed) DATA Act prototype. Importantly, though that project has finished, this post is not meant to be a full retrospective or post-mortem; we’ll
