On April 7, 2010, we launched our Open Government Plan on this web page. We made several commitments in our plan, and will share our progress with you regularly. Below is our report on milestones.
April 2010 |
Goal |
Milestone |
Projected Completion Date |
Status |
Goal I: Increase Transparency |
Enhancement of our FOIA webpage |
04/2010 initially and ongoing thereafter |
Completed-posted FOIA homepage
Completed-posted new OG link from FOIA homepage
Technology initiatives ongoing |
Goal I: Increase Transparency
|
Develop Data Quality Framework Plan |
04/2010 |
Completed-data quality framework plan sent to the Office of Management and Budget |
Goal II: Expand Participation and Collaboration
|
Inform public and employees about ideas received and adopted |
04/2010 + ongoing |
Completed-posted first idea report on 04/29/2010
|
Goal II: Expand Participation and Collaboration |
Continue portal and ideas sharing opportunities for employees |
04/2010 + ongoing |
In progress- Employee + Public dialogue about Open Government Plan 04/07/2010-05/19/2010 |
Goal IV: Make Open Government Sustainable |
Issue Draft Open Government Plan (containing Communications Plan Summary) and share it with public and employees |
04/2010 |
Completed- 04/07/2010 |
Goal IV: Make Open Government Sustainable |
Post open government materials on agency Intranet |
04/2010 |
Completed- Posted link to Open Government portal on 04/07/2010 |
May 2010 |
Goal |
Milestone |
Projected Completion Date |
Status |
Goal II: Expand Participation and Collaboration
|
Post information about FACA groups online |
05/2010
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Completed- posted new links to FACA groups
|
June 2010 |
Goal |
Milestone |
Projected Completion Date |
Status |
| Goal II: Expand Participation and Collaboration |
Make decision on hosting Open Government education webcasts for colleges and universities |
06/2010 |
Decision: we will host a webcast for a college or university by December 31, 2010. We will apply lessons from that experience towards planning for future webcasts. |
| Goal II: Expand Participation and Collaboration |
Make decision on posting list of national public meetings held by agency |
06/2010 |
Decision: we will post list of national public meetings held by Social Security. We will post the list by August 31, 2010. |
July 2010 |
Goal |
Milestone |
Projected Completion Date |
Status |
| Goal III: Implement Open Government Flagship Initiatives |
Implement online life expectancy calculator |
12/2010 |
Completed ahead of schedule. Posted on 7/9/2010.
Life Expectancy Calculator |
| Goal II: Expand Participation and Collaboration |
Create internal hosting capacity based on Drupal platform and share experience with Federal community |
7/2010 |
In progress: Drupal platform is currently being tested. We are actively sharing our experiences with other Federal agencies to promote awareness, best practices, and achievements. |
August 2010 |
Goal |
Milestone |
Projected Completion Date |
Status |
| Goal IV: Make Open Government Sustainable |
Announce new employee honor award for open government |
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We created an employee honor award for open government in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. |
September 2010 |
Goal |
Milestone |
Projected Completion Date |
Status |
| Goal I: Increase Transparency |
Conduct an inventory of high value information and datasets |
9/30/2010 |
Completed on 9/30/2010.
 View the report |
www.socialsecurity.gov
