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Public Engagement Leg of Open Government: In-person and Online

Public Engagement Leg of Open Government: In-person and Online. Daniel Clark Deputy Director. Open Government. Information Transparency : that the public understands the workings of their government

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Public Engagement Leg of Open Government: In-person and Online

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  1. Public Engagement Legof Open Government:In-person and Online Daniel ClarkDeputy Director

  2. Open Government • Information Transparency: that the public understands the workings of their government • Accountability: that the public can hold the government to account for its policy and service delivery performance • Public engagement: that the public can influence the workings of their government by engaging in governmental policy processes

  3. Open Government • Information Transparency • Freedom of information • Open data, open data portals • Procurement, budget, and policy transparency • Accountability: • Anti-corruption mechanisms • Conflicts of interest and influence peddling safeguards • Public Engagement • Stakeholder participatory processes (e.g. participatory budgeting, town hall meetings, both online and offline) • Electoral processes

  4. Why Engage the Public? • Create a stronger public constituency and mandate for change • Educate the electorate about the challenges facing government officials • Involve the public in being part of the solution and taking action • Gain unique insight and new options

  5. Public Engagement • Link to Decision Makers • Demographic Diversity • Informed Participation • Facilitated Deliberation • In-person Meeting Technology • Online Technology

  6. Link to Decision Making

  7. Healthcare Reform in California

  8. Demographic Diversity

  9. New Orleans

  10. Informed Participation

  11. Port Phillips Speaks

  12. Port Phillips Speaks

  13. Facilitated Deliberation Ground Rules • Speak openly and honestly • Listen carefully and respectfully to each person • Keep comments brief and stay focused on task • Explore differences respectfully and look for common ground

  14. In-Person Meeting Technology • Keypad Polling • Groupware Computers • GIS Planning Tools

  15. Keypad Polling 2001 2007

  16. Groupware Computers

  17. GIS Planning Tools

  18. Flint, Michigan • 400 participants, 4 hours • 50 volunteers, 8 hours • 2,000 hours of community service • 40 tables, 2 hours in small group discussion • 80 hours of dialogue • 43,000 words captured in groupware computers • 8,000 data points from keypad polling

  19. Online Technology • E-petitions • Webcasting • Google Hangouts • Polls and Surveys • Ideation Tools (Crowdsourcing) • Social Media (blogging, discussion forums)

  20. E-petitions

  21. Webcasting

  22. Google Hangouts

  23. Polls and Surveys

  24. Ideation Tools (Crowdsourcing)

  25. Social Media(blogging, discussion forums)

  26. Questions & Comments dclark@americaspeaks.org dclark@globalvoices.org

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