Open HHS Blog
Share your ideas on Leadership and Governance
How can Open Government efforts be led and managed at HHS on an ongoing basis – and how HHS incorporate these efforts into the fabric of HHS governance and operations? (Example: changes in current HHS practices and policies, etc.)
Share your ideas on Transparency
How can HHS promote accountability, improve public understanding of what HHS does, help illuminate what’s going on with respect to the nation’s health and well-being, help spark action and innovation to bring Americans inside HHS and our operating divisions? (Examples: web casting, video, data sets we should publish, feedback on the quality of the data, etc.)
Share your ideas on Participation
How can HHS improve the ability for the public to participate in HHS matters, encourage contributions of ideas and expertise by citizens on key issues? (Example: new feedback mechanisms that create easier methods of public engagement, innovative methods such as prizes and competitions, the use of technology platforms to facilitate new forms of engagement, etc.)
Share your ideas on Collaboration
How can HHS facilitate cooperation and partnerships across the government, and boost collaboration between the government and private institutions? (Example: data sets that can be used by other organizations, technology platforms, common tools or formats, business practices, etc.)
Share your ideas on Innovation
Submit innovative ideas for major new transparency, participation, and/or collaboration initiatives that HHS can implement to improve agency operations and better serve Americans. What partners should HHS collaborate with for this initiative? What tools or platforms should HHS use for this initiative?
Our Plan
We are hard at work putting together what will become our initial HHS Open Government Plan, debuting on April 7. We appreciate the input and advice you have given us. We will be seeking your ideas regarding the key elements of this plan when it is announced.
An outline of what we envision will be our Open Government Plan’s five major sections is provided below. We welcome thoughts and ideas with respect to each of these topics.
Guiding Principles
The overarching principles we should follow as we pursue our efforts to make HHS more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.
Leadership and Governance
How can Open Government efforts be led and managed at HHS on an ongoing basis – and how can HHS incorporate these efforts into the fabric of HHS governance and operations? (Example: changes in current HHS practices and policies, etc.)
Transparency
How can HHS promote accountability, improve public understanding of what HHS does, help illuminate what’s going on with respect to the nation’s health and well-being, help spark action and innovation to bring Americans inside HHS and our operating divisions? (Examples: web casting, video, data sets we should publish, feedback on the quality of the data, etc.)
Participation
How can HHS improve the ability for the public to participate in HHS matters, encourage contributions of ideas and expertise by citizens on key issues? (Example: new feedback mechanisms that create easier methods of public engagement, innovative methods such as prizes and competitions, the use of technology platforms to facilitate new forms of engagement, etc.)
Collaboration
How can HHS facilitate cooperation and partnerships across the government, and boost collaboration between the government and private institutions? (Example: data sets that can be used by other organizations, technology platforms, common tools or formats, business practices, etc.)
Innovation
Submit innovative ideas for major new transparency, participation, and/or collaboration initiatives that HHS can implement to improve agency operations and better serve Americans. What partners should HHS collaborate with for this initiative? What tools or platforms should HHS use for this initiative?
We encourage you to share your thoughts on this process, ideas how we can improve this dialogue, and other general comments in the section below.
