Taking On Open Gov One IT Hurdle at a Time
“When we can make our information web-service-enabled, it becomes way more powerful and sustainable.”
— NASA Goddard Web Manager Emma Kolstad Antunes on how social media can change an agency’s interactions with the public
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What are the challenges to open-government initiatives?
34% Management resistance to transparency
16% Absence of a proven infrastructure model for fed-citizen exchanges
16% Lack of communication to public on how citizens can interact with agencies electronically
12% Competing IT funding priorities
10% Legacy systems and data that make sharing data tricky
10% Conflicts with requirements to protect personally identifiable information
2% Lack of tags on data, making comparative and cross-government analyses difficult
SOURCE: MeriTalk survey, March 2010
