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2022-2024
Action Plan 5
The United States fifth national action plan is extensive; addressing a wide range of relevant public policy issues. However, it has overall limited potential to achieve significant change in government practices. Developed primarily through a top-down approach, it largely reflects government priorities rather than those of civil society. Many commitments are part of ongoing government initiatives or mandated by legislation. Going forward, the government should establish a collaborative relationship with civil society to jointly develop, implement, and track commitments in line with OGP Participation and Co-Creation Standards. (More)
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2024, Letter, Web page
2024, IRM Report, Web page
2023, Report Comments, Web page
2023, Letter, Web page
2023, IRM Report, Web page
2022, Action Plan, Web page
2021, Research Product, Web page
2021, IRM Report, Web page
2021, Resource, Web page
2021, Letter, Web page
2021, Letter, Web page
2021, Letter, Web page
2020, Report Comments, Web page
2019, Research Product, Web page
2019, Action Plan, Web page
2019, Letter, Web page
2019, Letter, Web page
2019, Action Plan, Web page
2018, Research Product, Web page
2018, IRM Report, Web page
2018, Report Comments, Web page
2018, IRM Report, Web page
2018, Report Comments, Web page
2018, Letter, Web page
2018, IRM Report, Web page
2018, Letter, Web page
2017, Letter, Web page
2017, IRM Report, Web page
2017, Report Comments, Web page
2017, Letter, Web page
2017, Report Comments, Web page
2017, Research Product, Web page
2017, IRM Report, Web page
2016, Action Plan, Web page
2016, Self Assessment, Web page
2016, Self Assessment, Web page
2016, Letter, Web page
2016, Letter, Web page
2016, IRM Report, Web page
2016, Research Product, Web page
2015, Action Plan, Web page
2015, Action Plan, Web page
2015, Web page
2015, Self Assessment, Web page
2014, Letter, Web page
2014, Research Product, Web page
2013, IRM Report, Web page
2013, Self Assessment, Web page
2011, Action Plan, Web page
The following variables answer the question “Did this commitment open government?“, and focus on how government practices have changed as a result of the commitment’s implementation.
No IRM data
Pending IRM Review
Starred commitments in OGP are one of the ways the IRM designates promising reforms. The graph below shows where the major areas for improvement in action plan design and implementation should take place based on past action plans.
Stars (Global average 7%)
Focus on implementation
Focus on design
Pending IRM review
No IRM data
Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)
Focus on relevance to open government
Focus on verifiability
This table shows: 1) the level of public influence during the development and implementation of OGP action plans, 2) whether consultations were open to any member of the public or only to those invited; and 3) whether a forum existed that met regularly.
Participation was closed
Participation was open to any interested party
No IRM data
Forum
Pending IRM review
Collaborate: Iterative dialogue and public helped set agenda
Involve: Government gave feedback on public inputs
Consult: Public gave input
Inform: Government provided public with information on plan
The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.
This section captures how each OGP member can play a leadership role, based on IRM-based findings and third-party scores. This list does not cover all of open government and OGP members are not required to take any action.
These are recommendations on the role that each OGP member might play in each policy area. The recommendations are derived from a combination of the IRM-based findings and third-party scores.
Reflect the performance of commitments in a particular policy area, as assessed by the IRM.
(NC) No Commitments
(CA) Commitment(s) in the policy area.
(IR) IRM-Reviewed: At least one IRM-assessed commitment.
(C) Was Complete: At least one commitment was substantially or fully completed.
(A) Was Ambitious: At least one commitment with moderate or transformative potential impact.
(ER) Showed Early Results: At least one commitment opened government in a “Major” or “Outstanding” way.
Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
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