Open Government, Idea Generation, ...
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Department of Transportation describes concrete open-government tools and early results: a mapping portal Visual DOT launching next year to turn datasets into maps and graphs; an internal crowdsourcing platform Idea Hub (first month: ~900 ideas submitted, ~9,000 idea ratings, ~2,000 comments) that began in FAA; a consumer campaign site Distraction.gov used by partners and youth video contests; and a public rulemaking site that logs ~17,000 visits and ~1,100 comments on a recent FAA rule.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Open government initiatives
- 1:03Technology in federal operations
- 2:10Transportation modernization
- 3:36Shifting to transparent government
- 4:18Transportation data visualization
- 5:01Idea Hub crowdsourcing
- 6:29Distracted driving outreach
- 7:33Interactive federal regulations
- 9:41Future goals and collaboration
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