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Today in OpenGov: Half of U.S. Cabinet agencies fail to comply with Open Government Directive
BEHIND: Yesterday was the deadline for federal agencies to publish 2016 open government plans. Some did, but many didn’t: our analysis found only half of the 15 Cabinet agencies published a new plan. We urge the White House to take meaningful, immediate action to bring all federal agencies into compliance with the President’s executive order. If not, history will not be a kind judge of the administration’s inability to clear the bar it has set for itself. [READ MORE]
IDEAS, PLEASE! We’ve opened up TCamp’s 2016 “Submit a Session” page and are now accepting suggestions! This is your chance to propose sessions that you either want to lead or see others take on. Soon, we’ll open up the schedule so folks can vote on ideas they want to see the most. If your session (or one that you’ve voted on) is one of the top vote-getters, it will be guaranteed a slot at TCamp. But hurry: Proposing sessions is only open for a limited time. Registration is open for TransparencyCamp in Cleveland on October 14-15. Please submit a session, spread the word and come! [REGISTER] CAMPAIGN 2016
- Court documents and other public records show that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump paid no income tax in 1978, 1979, 1992, and 1994. [New Yorker]
NATIONAL
- Olivier Knox evaluated the Obama administration’s record on open government. [Yahoo News]
- The U.S. House Intelligence Committee released a scathing report on Edward Snowden’s actions. Mike Masnick found a lot of problems in it. [TechDirt]
- Senator Ted Cruz is leading an effort to sabotage the transition of the Domain Name System from the U.S. government to a nonprofit group. [Motherboard]
- The General Accountability Office released its full report on the U.S Digital Service and 18F. “According to GAO’s survey, managers were generally satisfied with the services they received from 18F and USDS on these projects.” [USGAO]
- If you’re interested in 18F’s work, make sure to read or listen to this interview on Cloud.gov. [DOBCO]
STATE AND LOCAL
- Michael Zoorob contributed a guest post in which he used open data to analyze how policing affects communities in Nashville, Tennessee. [READ MORE]
EVENTS
- Civic Hall is hosting a conference on Rethinking Debates in New York City, Sept. 19. [RSVP]
- Etalab and Civic Hall are co-organizing an Open Government Partnership Toolbox sprint in New York City on Sept. 21. [RSVP]
- Collections as Data, at the Library of Congress in D.C. on Sept. 27. [RSVP]
- White House Open Data Innovation Summit at Data Transparency 2016 on Sept 28 in Washington, DC. [RSVP]
- Computation and Journalism Symposium at Stanford University on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in California. [RSVP]
- There will be an Open Data Research Symposium in Madrid on Oct. 5. [RSVP]
- The International Open Data Conference will be in Madrid from Oct. 6–7. [RSVP]
- The National Freedom of Information Coalition and the D.C. Open Government Coalition will convene a Freedom of Information summit October 7-8, 2016 in DC. [RSVP]
- TransparencyCamp will be in Cleveland, Ohio from Oct. 14-15. [RSVP]
- The Code for America Summit is in Oakland, Calif. on Nov. 1–3. [RSVP]
- There will be a workshop on Data and Algorithmic Transparency at Columbia University on Nov. 19. Proposals due Sept. 9. [RSVP]
- The Open Government Partnership’s Global Summit will be Dec. 7-9 in Paris, France. [VOTE FOR SUNLIGHT'S TECHNOLOGY AND FOI PROPOSALS!]
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