Open Government: Transparency, Participation, Collaboration

Thought leadership

CGI resources

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Moving to Management Transparency In this white paper, CGI Executive Consultant Patricia Healy examines areas of strategic action to help government executives meet the transparency challenge created by the unprecedented openness in government promised by President Obama.		70 KB

CGI Initiative for Collaborative Government resources

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Practical Transparency: Applying Exchange Networks for Mission Results Part of the Initiative's "Practical Gov 2.0" series, this webinar featured Lisa Schlosser, Director of the EPA Office of Information Collection. The discussion provided valuable insight into the development and use of information exchange networks.  The discussion also offered lessons learned from the EPA's Environmental Exchange Network and FederalReporting.gov and outlined how other agencies and states can improve mission delivery by leveraging EPA's model.	HTML	N/A
Grants and the Recovery Act: Classic Challenges, New Dilemmas and Best Practices In this report, Dr. Timothy J. Conlan offers five recommendations to help address the challenges intensified by the Recovery Act in distribution, expenditure and administration of federal grants.  He emphasizes the need to balance competing objectives in five key areas: speed and program effectiveness, accountability and flexibility, need and capacity, specialization and coordination, and transparency and sustainability.		1.19 Mb
Making Data Public, Meaningful and Effective Part of the Initiative's "Practical Gov 2.0" series, this webinar, featuring former EPA CIO Molly O'Neill, now a CGI Vice President, began a fascinating dialogue with leaders in government at all levels about the intricacies of sharing data with trusted partners and with the public.		971 Kb
Transparency as a Management Tool Practical Strategies for Government Executives The executive summary of a spring 2009 executive dialogue event provides a comprehensive summary of the discussion as well as the key takeaways for government executives.		971 Kb