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Collaborative Governance and Collaborating Online: The Open Government Initiative in the United States

In: Public Administration and the Modern State

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  • Lisa Blomgren Amsler
  • Susanna Foxworthy

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On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Memorandum committing to create ‘an unprecedented level of openness in Government’ and ‘a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration’ to strengthen democracy, ensure the public trust, and ‘promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government’ (White House, 2009). The theory behind this Open Government Initiative (OGI) was threefold: transparency promotes accountability and provides information for the public, participation enhances government effectiveness and the quality of decision making, and collaboration engages Americans in the work of their government. This movement has expanded internationally; there is now an Open Government Partnership among a community of nations (Open Government Partnership, 2012).

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  • Lisa Blomgren Amsler & Susanna Foxworthy, 2014. "Collaborative Governance and Collaborating Online: The Open Government Initiative in the United States," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Eberhard Bohne & John D. Graham & Jos C. N. Raadschelders & Jesse Paul Lehrke (ed.), Public Administration and the Modern State, chapter 12, pages 189-202, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-43749-5_13
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137437495_13
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