Open Government

Research Note: Is Your Government Open or Closed? October 2011 9 Furthermore, Cabinet-level offices within the Executive Office of the President are also dedicated to Government 2.0 strategies, as seen in Figure 6 which depicts the departments that are pledging efforts towards Government 2.0 initiatives. Figure 6- Gov 2.0 within the Cabinet-level Offices Department Mission Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of the Chief Information Officer of the United States (Key role: CIO Steven VanRoekel) Objective is to oversee enterprise architecture to ensure system interoperability and information sharing; maintain information security and privacy across the Federal Government. Priorities include openness and transparency, lowering costs, cybersecurity, participatory democracy, and innovation. OMB’s Office of E-Government & Information Technology Provides direction in the use of Web-based technologies to make it easier for citizens and businesses to interact with government. Head of State - President Obama OFFICE OF MANAGEMENTAND BUDGET: Jacob J. Lew, Director and Jeffrey Zients, Deputy Director for Management and Chief Performance Officer U.S. Chief Information Officer, Steven VanRoekel. Office of E-Government & Information Technology (also headed by CIO). Performance & Personnel Management Head of Dept: OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY- John Holdren, Director TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (headed by Aneesh Chopra, Associate Director and Chief Technology Officer). OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS- Daniel Pfeiffer, Director OFFICE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT-Jon Carson, Director Head of Dept: WHITE HOUSE DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL’S OFFICE- Policy Adviser and the Director, Melody Barnes. OFFICE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION