OPEN GOVERNMENT

On January 21, 2009, the President signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government and on December 8, 2009, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued an Open Government Directive. This directive provides guidance to executive agencies on implementing the principles of transparency, participation and collaboration. The page will serve as a gateway for activities related to these principles and assist NHA in achieving our goals of openness and accountability.


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    Social media provides an effective channel to engage the public on critical public health issues such as H1N1 flu. To encourage sharing and collaboration, NHA has developed a Flu News widget. To stay up-to-date on agency news, install the widget to your website or social media accounts (choose "Get & Share").

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    TALK TO US

    We want your opinion! NHA has taken to the blogosphere as a way to gather feedback and public opinion faster. The blog will discuss agency news, program updates and policy changes. To participate in the conversation, www.reachthepublic.com.

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    GET TEXT ALERTS

    NHA launched text message alerts to provide you with all the information needed to make informed decisions. Sign up to receive NHA updates (including H1N1 news) on your text-message enabled wireless device.

TRANSPARENCY

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NHA wants to provide you with relevant information that will positively impact your life and health. Keeping you informed on what NHA is doing exemplifies an efficient and open government.

  • Read the NHA Open Government plan for details on how NHA will improve transparency.
  • View NHA's 2009 Annual FOIA Report.
  • NHA offers a free subscription service, allowing citizens to receive timely email or text message alerts. Over 500,000 citizens are signed up.
  • The NHA's News Widget carries the latest information and can be posted on any website, blog or social networking page
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PARTICIPATION

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NHA solicits information from you to improve decisions-making and increase public participation in policymaking. NHA's Web 2.0 tools provide a forum to engage the public and initiate conversation.

  • Contact us to provide feedback on:
    • the quality of information provided on this site;
    • other information to highlight or include on this page; and
    • the National Health Agency's Open Government Plan.
  • Stay up-to-date on agency information and share your opinion on NHA's blog.
  • Find NHA on your favorite social media site: follow us on Twitter, become a Facebookfan or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

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COLLABORATION

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NHA has made its goal to better collaborate within our agency and work together more efficiently with other federal agencies to better solve national problems.

  • NHA is now part of a collaboration network that allows each citizen registering to receive NHA updates to register for updates from all collaborating agencies at the same time. See our collaboration partners below.
  • GovLoop is the premier social networking site for government. NHA now has a place where anyone in government can collaborate on the improvement of issues and policies.

COLLABORATION PARTNERS

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You will now access a website of a GovDelivery client, demonstrating the agency’s efforts in Open Government.

Note: This simulated open government page is intended to assist agencies in creating a www.agency.gov/open page as required by the Open Government Directive. For other GovDelivery resources click here.