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Open Government Plan 2014 UpdateMS Word (1.73MB)PDF (1.04MB)

Open Government Plan 2014 Progress Report (May 2015)PDF (738K)

The Department’s 2014 *Open  Government Plan*, a biannual report providing updates on existing  programmatic work as well as highlights of flagship initiatives, indicates the  Department’s commitment to the principles of open government: transparency,  participation, and collaboration.

The flagship initiatives, in particular, give reinforced evidence of this commitment. These initiatives include:
                - A fully operational beta version of the  Education Data Inventory , a repository of data that the Department collects.
                - Early public participation and input in policy-  and rule-making, with the Department conducting outreach on a number of important initiatives through in-person and online contact.
                - A new version  of the   Federal Registry for Educational Excellence  (FREE), a registry making it easier to find digital teaching and learning  resources, and now powered by the  Learning Registry , an open database for sharing digital  learning resources
                - The Integrated Student Experience (ISE)  initiative, giving an enhanced customer experience, resulting in increased  financial aid awareness and a simplified application and servicing experience,  provided by:  Free  Application for Federal Student Aid  (FAFSA);  Studnetaid.gov  and  Financial Aid Toolkit ;  MyStudentData; Customer Listening Initiative  ; and  FAFSASimplification/IRS Data Retrieval Tools . 
                - Public Challenges and Contests that engage  students and educators and encourage their creative participation, including:  the College Net Price Calculator Student Video Challenge; Why Open Education  Matters Student Video Challenge; StopBullying.gov Student Video Challenge;  Together for Tomorrow School Improvement Challenge; and White House Student  Film Festival. See more challenges at  Challenge.gov/ED .
                - The  Connected  Online Communities of Practice project  to improve teacher and leader  effectiveness, enhance student learning, and increase productivity.
                - ED  Data Express , which focuses mainly on State-reported data on key K–12  programs and includes data from EDFacts, Consolidated State Performance Reports  (CSPR), State Accountability Workbooks, and NCES.
                - The ED Disclosure Review Board (ED-DRB), which  is responsible for the review and approval of the disclosure avoidance  protections used to protect privacy in the Department’s public data  releases.  

In addition to several ongoing activities to address the  requirements of the Whistleblower Protection Act, planned activities include completing the  posting of Whistleblower Protection Act information in all Department  facilities, annual communication to all employees to refresh their awareness of  Whistleblower Protection rights and protections, development of an online,  on-demand training module that will be available to all employees, and enhanced  use of Departmental internal communication venues.

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