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U.S. Department of Education

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2014 Open Government Plan Update
Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
ED Data Inventory
Digital Government Strategy
Improving Federal Websites

"Throughout President Obama's administration, the U.S. Department of Education has embraced new principles of open government: transparency, participation, and collaboration. Our commitment continues. Building on early successes, Open Government at the Department of Education continues to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access." — Deputy Secretary Jim Shelton, III

### ED Open Government Plan and Updates

- Open Government Progress Update (2016)   PDF (2.97M)
- Open Government Progress Update (2015)   PDF (738K)
- Open Government Plan 3.0  (2014) |  PDF  (1.0M)
- Open Government Plan 2.0  (2012) |  PDF  (1.3M)
- Open Government Plan 1.0  (2010) |  PDF  (647K)

### Connect and Comment

- opengov@ed.gov
- Homeroom Blog posts: Open Government / Open Data
- Education Community on Data.gov
- Ed Tech Newsletter
- ED Social Media

### Evaluating Our Progress

Self Evaluation

- June 25, 2010    MS WORD (57 KB)  |   PDF (82 KB)
- April 23, 2010    MS WORD (64 KB)  |   PDF (87 KB)

Evidence for our score on the Open Gov Dashboard (February 2010).

### Open Data @ ED

- ED Data Inventory  |  ED.gov/data.json
- ED.gov/data
- Data.gov/education

### Open Government

- Open Government Initiative
- Open Government Directive
- Data.gov

### Customer Service Plan

The Department's Customer Service Plan is designed to improve the delivery of services to our customers by redesigning the business processes and systems that impact key customer interactions.

- Customer Service Plan  [PDF, 517KB]

### Plain Language

- ED's Plain Language Initiative

### Scientific Integrity Policy

- ED's Scientific Integrity Policy

### Digital Government Strategy

- Digital Government Strategy PDF  (680K) |  HTML5
- ED Digital Government Strategy Report HTML  |  JSON   (16K) |  XML   (29K)
- ED.gov/developer

Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review 

- Comment on Proposed and Existing Rules and Regulations

### Archived

- Archived Information
- Ideas Submitted during the February 6-March 19, 2010, Public Discussion Period
- Sunshine Week blog post , March 15, 2011

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