President Issues Directive to Agencies Requiring Transparency

The Obama Administration released a directive yesterday to all federal agencies requiring them to adapt to a culture of transparency. It imposes a number of deadlines for agencies to publish online high-value data sets (within 45 days), create an Open Government page on each agency’s web site (within 60 days), and publish an Open Government Plan addressing transparency, participation, and collaboration (within 120 days). The directives will create a working group on best practices and an Open Government Dashboard to keep track of progress of all agencies.