Develop Best Practice Balancing Face-to-Face with Electronic Forms of Public Involvement.

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Develop Best Practice Balancing Face-to-Face with Electronic Forms of Public Involvement.

Why Is This Idea Important?: Processes vary across several important dimensions. They occur across the policy spectrum, from upstream to downstream. They vary in level of engagement and control over the decision. They vary in transparency from wholly transparent in upstream civic engagement processes to more confidential consistent with current law in mediation with defined disputants or stakeholders. They vary from online participation to face-to-face dialogue and deliberation. The Directive should provide a mechanism for agencies to develop best practices in light of the varieties of context and purpose for public involvement.

Collaborative governance is good government. Collaborative processes should be fair, inclusive, and transparent. Inclusion means managers need to make a special effort to involve the underserved and missing voices. Participation in governance should not be limited to electronic media, which can be dominated by a few. The Directive should call for agencies to balance face-to-face and electronic forms of public involvement.

Submitted by Lisa Blomgren Bingham 2 years ago