The General Services Administration has established an office to support the implementation of the Biden administration’s national action plan to advance open government initiatives.
The Open Government Secretariat Program Management Office includes a permanent team to help implement the Fifth Open Government National Action Plan, which was issued in December 2022 and designed to improve the public’s access to government data, research and information, GSA said Tuesday.
GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan unveiled the new office at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Tallinn, Estonia, where she represented the U.S. on the OGP steering committee.
“The U.S. Government is pleased to be deepening its commitment to open government and GSA is proud to be home to a new Secretariat that will help us coordinate and drive toward our goals of empowering people to fully participate in democracy,” Carnahan said.
“Through our upcoming work on the OGP Steering Committee and through many other efforts, we will continue to deepen relationships among civil society in the U.S. as well as globally,” she added.
The U.S. will serve on the committee for the next three years starting in October.