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Establish a federal institute for public engagement
Establish a federal institute for public engagement, similar to the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, to gather research on best practices, training and development; develop a knowledge-base; and institute the community of practice. This institute can track collaboration at every stage, including intergovernmental, cross-jurisdictional and within individual agencies.

Why Is This Idea Important?

Agencies need a resource to offer training and disseminate best practices in participation and collaboration
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jgoldman 10 months ago
This idea was developed in April 2009 by federal agency managers attending "Champions of Participation". http://www.americaspeaks.org/champions
george.selby 10 months ago
Some time ago a suggestion was floated about creating a U.S. Public Service Academy along the lines of national military academies. As I see it, the public engagement issue would be subsumed into the Public Service Academy, a much broader approach to improving all aspects of governance and communication with the public.
colingallagher 10 months ago
There already is such a place, it is the White House Office of Public Engagement - not exactly what you have described in your idea submission, but sort of like that, it used to be called the OPL-IGA (Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs) but was wisely redesigned and re-implemented with a new mission -- you can see its website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ope
jgoldman 10 months ago
The office of public engagement is actually very different from what this idea is suggesting. The OPE will serve as a convener of the public on different policy issues (hopefully). What is needed is a resource in the federal government that can collect best practices, offer training, etc. The only two existing places I'm aware of that could potentially easily evolve this way would be the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution and the new Office of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement.
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bill 9 months ago
There used to be two federal efforts -- the Administrative Conference of the United States and the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations -- which once played important roles in fostering collaborative efforts among federal agencies and, in the latter days of their existence, fostering more participatory strategies for resolving conflict and driving change. A Federal Institute on Participatory Governance (or a better title) could fulfill some of the important research functions played by these institution, offer training, play a convenor role and have a mandate that covers both public engagement and collaborative governance. Pulling these important streams of work together will be important to mainstreaming the work within the bureaucracy.
Tim Bonnemann 9 months ago
Possibly related: "Create an Open Government project directory and knowledge base" (http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/3420-4049)
Stephen Buckley 9 months ago
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alfred_c_dutton 9 months ago
NO MORE NEW MONEY PITS. END THE FED, and be done with this crud!!
alfred_c_dutton 9 months ago
Back to paper ballots. Give the "Voting Machines" to RED CHINA, let them be usless over there, where there is NO need to cheat the voters by programming the machines for the CFRs fav candidate/traitor.
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