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On March 23, MeriTalk was called as a witness by the Senate's Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee for a hearing on open government. View the results of the Ogov Survey that MeriTalk shared and continue to share your thoughts by completing the short survey below. Take a minute and exercise your voice in open government.

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Outdated legacy systems and data formats that make it difficult to publish valuable data

Absence of machine-readable tags on data that allow you to map common data fields to achieve real insight

Management resistance to real transparency

Insufficient funding to invest in Ogov initiatives given competing mandatory priorities - security, cloud, etc.

Absence of a proven model and infrastructure for real citizen engagement - to make Ogov a real conversation

Conflict with privacy - PII - requirements

Insufficient communication to the U.S. public about what Ogov is and how citizens can and should engage

Cloud computing

Machine-readable tags on data that allow you to map common data fields to achieve real insight

Embracing Web 2.0

Communication to the U.S. public about what Ogov is and how citizens can and should engage

Clear explanation of how Ogov will change the efficiency of bureaucracy - with quantifiable outcomes

Senator Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer, Executive Office of the President

Casey Coleman, Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration

Martha Dorris, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, General Services Administration

Dave McClure, Associate Administrator, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, General Services Administration

Michael Robertson, Associate Administrator of Governmentwide Policy and Chief Acquisition Officer, General Services Administration

Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer, Executive Office of the President

Other - Please join the Ogov Forum group to discuss your recommendations www.meritalk.com/opengovgroup