Open Government

Research Note: Is Your Government Open or Closed? October 2011 17 Innovative Job Roles for Open Governments As evidenced above, the United States, United Kingdom and Australia are placing emphasis on digital strategies, innovation, cloud computing, technology and information policy, mobile connectivity, citizen participation, and open data policies. These initiates are spurring newly created and future potential job roles. The jobs to promote open government and create new Government 2.0 platforms consist of such public sector roles as:  Head of Digital Communications,  CIO and CTO (Federal and Municipal levels),  Social Media Community Manager,  Social Media Strategist,  Social Media Analyst,  Social Media Trainer for Public Servants,  New Media Director for Government Initiatives,  Innovation and Civic Participation Director,  Information Policy Officer,  Director of Technology & Infrastructure,  Data Strategist,  Citizen Experience Director,  Cloud Computing Architect, System Administrator, or Software Engineer  and more under review. At the writing of this report, such roles are now in demand in the U.S. government in the General Services Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, in the areas of technology and communications. In the United Kingdom, Information Officers were sought for the Cabinet Office to support a new, single Communications Directorate that has been created across the Cabinet Office in order to reflect organizational changes and meet efficiency requirements. In Australia, the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy will hire information policy officers in the areas of Digital Economy and the Corporate Business Division. Australia‟s Government Information Management Office also seeks an assistant director, at the executive level to provide leadership, coordination and support in better project management practices and business planning activities. New Private-Public Partnering Opportunities with Government Governments are also partnering with private organizations in solving shared problems to develop new, innovative models of partnership. They wish to advance partnership models that produce outcomes with greater impact than what could be achieved independently. The best ideas do not always come from inside the government as individuals and communities in the citizen sector are developing solutions to daunting challenges and achieving results. Governments are now supporting these solutions that are having an impact.