Government 2.0Keep up, Talk Back

Legacy of Access Historic model = distributed government

publications within reasonable travel distance

New model = government publications available at any hour online

UM Library designated in 1909 Maintains large print collection Provides expertise for tracking down government

information in any format

New Transparency

Tools

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov Blog, rapid posting of material Accountability websites Task Forces

THOMAShttp://thomas.loc.gov Access to current and recent legislation:

Read the text of bills your Senators or Representative are considering

See how legislators voted on bills Read the text of speeches and debates in Congress

Great for materials 1989-present

Regulations.govhttp://www.regulations.gov Find proposed regulations Find accompanying documents Submit your comments

USA.govhttp://www.usa.gov

Government Science 3 favorites for following government-funded

science: Science.gov: http://www.science.gov Science Accelerator: http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov TreeSearch: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us

Follow the Money What do these initiatives cost? What’s the budget for a specific program? Who gets government grant money and contracts?

Office of Management & Budget (OMB) http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ Official Presidential budget

Recovery.gov http://www.recovery.gov Accounting for the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act

Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR)

http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cffr.html Census Bureau database that breaks down funding

to state, county, & local governments/programs

How much will that legislation cost?http://www.cbo.gov

Federal Election CommissionWho donated money to whom?http://www.fec.gov/

What businesses have government contracts?http://www.usaspending.gov/

Accountability Tools

ExpectMore.gov: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore

Government Accountability Office

http://www.gao.gov Main watchdog of government programs

Gov Doc Mashups

American Presidency Project

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu

Historical Census Browserhttp://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/

collections/stats/histcensus

Flip side of transparency: People inspired to reuse government information

Mash-ups

Follow the Money

http://www.followthemoney.org Open Secrets

http://www.opensecrets.org

Mash-Ups

GovTrackhttp://www.govtrack.us/

Open CRShttp://opencrs.com/

Keeping Up Many new tools for staying apprised

of new government reports: Power of RSS Email lists Twitter

Government News Blog: http://mt-govinfo.blogspot.com

Keeping Up Guide: http://libguides.lib.umt.edu/govrss

Questions?