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Americans give low marks to Obama transparency effort at agencies - 0 views

www.nextgov.com/...ng_20101020_9428.php

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shared by Parycek on 02 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Parycek on 02 Nov 10
     
    The public isn't convinced that the Obama administration is being fully open with Americans, more than a year and a half after the president launched a governmentwide transparency effort, according to a new survey conducted by ForeSee Results and Nextgov.
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Study links online transparency efforts, trust in government - Nextgov - 0 views

www.nextgov.com/...ng_20100216_1403.php

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shared by Johann Höchtl on 23 Apr 10 - Cached
  • The first-ever quantitative assessment of online open government efforts has concluded that the perceived transparency of federal Web sites drives trust in government.
  • The longstanding approach to quantifying transparency has been, "well let's measure how much data they put out there," said Larry Freed, ForeSee Results' president and chief executive officer. "To me, that's not measuring transparency. That may be measuring confusion."
  • "If citizens find e-government transparent, they are more likely to return to the site, recommend it, and use it instead of a more costly channel," the study found. "They even express more trust in the government agency."
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  • Citizens who believe a site is highly transparent are 46 percent more likely to trust the overall government, 49 percent more likely to use the site as a primary resource and 37 percent more likely to return to the site, according to the study.
  • McClure also noted that a site's perceived transparency can save the government money by encouraging citizens to access services online, rather than through less efficient channels.
  • Other departments that want to make their sites more transparent "should stand firm when those at the helm pressure them to ignore what the audience wants, and instead design for the internal audience,"
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E-Government Transparency Index - - 0 views

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shared by Parycek on 20 Mar 10 - Cached
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EPA Web site paving the way to transparency - 0 views

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shared by Parycek on 20 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Parycek on 20 Mar 10
     
    EPA launched its site, the Rulemaking Gateway, on Thursday to inform the public of the status of high-priority regulatory actions, such as proposals to control greenhouse gas emissions in heavy-duty vehicles and revise vehicle fuel economy labels.
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