Open Government at HHS

Open government, part of a global alliance, promotes transparency and empowers the public through participation and collaboration. The goal is to create a more inclusive, responsive, and accountable government.  

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Open Data

Open data means making government data available and accessible to the public to encourage collaboration and innovation.

HealthData.gov

HHS provides open access to health information and health datasets generated or held by the U.S. government.

Health IT Data

Health IT Data provides access to analysis, reporting, and datasets that monitor health information technology trends.

Plans and Policies

The resources below help us achieve our open government goals by making public some of the inner workings of HHS.

HHS Strategic Plan

Every four years, HHS updates its strategic plan. The plan defines our mission, goals, and how we will measure progress in addressing specific national problems over a four-year period.

Public Access

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has directed all federal research agencies with more than $100 million in annual research and development expenditures to develop plans to make the results of taxpayer-supported research immediately available to the American public at no cost.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives individuals the right to request access to federal agency records. FOIA is a critical part of open government that encourages accountability through transparency.

Records Management

Proper records management is the backbone of open government. Records management describes how agencies maintain their records that document their activities, file records for safe storage and efficient retrieval, and dispose of records according to agency schedules.

Regulatory Review

HHS reviews existing regulations to eliminate those that are unnecessary and burdensome. Or we may modify existing regulations to increase their effectiveness and flexibility.

Language Access Plans

HHS provides access to HHS programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency.

HHS Sustainability

HHS outlines its path towards sustainable operation and efficiency with reduction goals to cut consumption and emissions, while increasing productivity and transparency.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes what information HHS collects from you when you visit our websites and how we handle that information. We use these to measure and analyze usage or to customize the user’s experience.

Plain Writing

Clear writing is essential to transparency, public participation, and collaboration.

Scientific Integrity

HHS has policies and principles to ensure the integrity of scientific and scholarly activities that the Department conducts and supports and the science it uses to inform management and public policy decisions.

Budget and Reports

These are resources about the Department’s budget and reports on certain spending activities.

Budget and Performance

HHS ensures the transparent preparation and execution of our budget by making the following resources available:

Prevention and Public Health Fund

Congress has directed HHS to provide information on activities and programs supported with resources from the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

Conference Spending Reports

Every year HHS publishes a conference spending report with information about conferences held by HHS where costs exceed $100,000.

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