President Obama's first executive action was to sign the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, which sought to bridge the gap between the American people and their government.
This website, launched in response to the subsequent Open Government Directive, aims to document the U.S. Department of Commerce's efforts to become more open, participatory and collaborative.
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Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration,
Head of Open Government Working Group
open@doc.gov
Catrina Purvis
Chief Privacy Officer
and Director of Open Government
Joey Hutcherson
Deputy Director,
Office of Privacy and Open Government
Interact with Commerce on the social media sites you already use every day.
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whitehouse.gov/open - Learn more about the President's efforts to increase transparency, participation, and collaboration throughout government.
Recovery.gov - See open government in action by tracking the spending associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Data.gov - Access and discover new uses for the range of data produced by the federal government from one central location.
BusinessUSA.gov - See the "no wrong door" approach for small businesses and exporters.
FOIAonline - See the the start of a new era for the Freedom of Information Act within the Department of Commerce.
Open.commerce.gov Links
Office of the Secretary Links
Department of Commerce Person Finder
Office of the Secretary Report to Congress
Office of the Secretary Speeches and Testimony
As of April 30, 2013, the Department of Commerce has updated the Open Government plan. If you would like to see the older version you can find it in the archive section.
In response to the White House's Open Government Directive, Commerce originally created and released a Department-wide plan for Open Government on April 7, 2010. It has been updated with the most resent version on April 30, 2013.
As outlined in the Directive itself, our Open Government Plan will serve as a "public roadmap that details how [Commerce] will incorporate the principles of the president’s January 21, 2009, Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government into the core mission objectives of [the Department]."
Comments Encouraged
Throughout the process, Commerce's Open Government Team took ideas and suggestions from employees and the public via email (open@doc.gov).
The Department of Commerce (DOC) Environmental Justice Strategy outlines the specific steps the Department will take to ensure the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all individuals by integrating environmental justice into its programs, policies, and activities. In implementing this Strategy, DOC will seek to meaningfully engage with communities and stakeholders.
The White House's Open Government Directive requires Cabinet-level agencies, such as the Department of Commerce, to pass certain milestones as part of our efforts to be more open and transparent. The timeline below details the specific benchmarks we're moving toward, and shows the Department's progress in achieving them.
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