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News And Event Announcements

A collection of news, announcements and events about DOT's Open Government Initiative.  

2013

• DOT's IdeaHub named a Top 25 innovation in government
• DOT launches open government progress evaluator

2012

• DOT and White House lead roundtable to help improve transit riders’ access to information
• HUD, DOT, and EPA host first ever Code for Livability

2011

• DOT Celebrates the United States’s Entry into the Open Government Partnership
• DOT's Approach to Open Data
• DOT’s Flagship Initiative Opens up the Rulemaking Process
• IdeaHub Drives Collaboration and Innovation within the DOT
• DOT Release Web Improvement and Customer Service Plans
• FAA Engages the Public on its Strategic Plan
• Challenges in Action: RITA’s Connected Vehicle Technology Challenge
• DOT Celebrates Transparency Successes during Sunshine Week
• DOT participates in Transportation Camp [see our keynote speeches]
• DOT launches regulatory review [read the notice] [sign up and participate]
• Computerworld names DOT CIO to Premier 100
• DOT launches Connected Vehicle Challenge! [read more at the blog] [sign up and participate]
• NextGov TechInsider covers DOT’s Connected Vehicle Challenge

2010

• DOT Releases Data Inventory
• VIDEO: Deputy Secretary Porcari speaks at the Government 2.0 Summit | [Read the remarks]
• DOT receives Open Government Leading Practices Awards from White House
• DOT releases Version 1.2 of its Open Government Plan
• White House CTO praises DOT’s collaborative approach to Open Government Plan
• DOT achieves Open Government objective, opens Strategic Plan for public comment
• An Initial Assessment of the Open Gov Plan
• How "Open Gov" Datasets Affect Parents and Consumers
• One year in, resistance to open gov memo lingers
• DOT releases three new datasets on data.gov