The City established the Open Government Operating Board (OGOB) in 2011 to adopt and implement Open Government practices that will promote transparency, citizen participation, and collaboration to improve how government works, provide more effective…
January 2017 Background In 2016, our Open Government Partnership (OGP) Pioneer Program application proposed five projects, or “commitments”. These five commitments emerged from asking our community to identify Austin’s open governance challenges and…
City of Austin Open Government Operating Board charter Outlines the members, purpose, and responsibilities of the board. Read it at the following link: Operating Board Charter Documentation of how we identified and framed challenges in governance of…
Summarized meeting notes January 4, 2017, 10:00 AM - 12:00PM Core Team Partners present: Christopher Kennedy, Civil Society Partner Mateo Clarke, Civil Society Partner Alba Sereno, Civil Society Partner Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, City Council…
Read Austin's 2016-17 Action Plan (AP1) at this link: Action Plan 1
In collaborating with our colleagues at the Open Government Partnership, and with the social impact firm Reboot, we discussed what makes a good OGP commitment. According to the Open Government Support Unit, a commitment includes the following…
In recent years, the method of organizational change known as co-creation has spread rapidly in the business sector. In a co-creation effort, multiple stakeholders come together to develop new practices that traditionally would have emerged only from…
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The City of Austin is proud to be an official member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) - an international organization dedicated to making governments more open, inclusive, and responsive. Use this page to keep up with the City's past and present OGP activities.