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The purpose of this site is not to duplicate content that is elsewhere on the Web, but to serve as a useful directory to that content for open government pioneers in the public and private sectors.  You may also be interested in transparency or participation case studies and effective practices.

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• Collaboration within Individual Government Agencies
• Collaboration Spanning Multiple Government Agencies
• Collaboration between Citizens and the Federal Government
• State Collaboration Initiatives
• Local Collaboration Initiatives
• International Collaboration Initiatives
• General Collaboration Principles and Ideas
• (see also definitions of collaboration)

Collaboration within Individual Government Agencies:

• Knowledge and Collaboration at the Department of State: (Department of State) Discussion of a range of innovative initiatives. 
• Trucking towards a Virtual World: (US Department of Transportation)
• Transportation Security Administration's IdeaFactory: Social Media and Securing America by Tina Cariola (Transportation Security Administration)
• A-Space: Changing the Way the Intelligence Community Does Analysis by Joan McIntyre (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)
• Virtual Research Environments: (National Institutes of Health)
• OpenNASA v1.0 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) A Publically-facing Professional Network to Connect People for Innovation and Success
• Spacebook aka OpenNASA v1.5: (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) An Internally-facing Professional Network to Connect People for Innovation and Success
• Spacebook: Lessons Learned from NASA's Enterprise Social Network by Emma Antunes (NASA)

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Collaboration Spanning Multiple Government Agencies:

• Aristotle: (Department of Defense) Networking and Knowledge for Military Scientists
• URL Shortening: (USA.Gov)
• Open Government Support for the Deprtment of Defense: (Binary Group and Department of Defense)
• DoDTechipedia Family of Services by Noel Dickover (Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO), Commercial Technologies & Systems Directorate (contractor))
• Toward Living Intelligence by Chris Rasmussen (U.S. Intelligence Community)
• The Webolution Experience: (Defense Intelligence Systems Administration)
• Open Defense: (Department of Defense)
• Linked Open Architectures for Open Government: (Model Driven Solutions and DoD)
• National Lab Day: (National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and Department of Energy) Coalition to Engage Scientists and Engineers in Science Education
• 2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest: (Department of Health and Human Services) Hip Hop Doc wins PSA video contest promoting flu prevention and receives $2,500

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Collaboration between Citizens and the Federal Government:

• Peer-to-Patent: (US Patent and Trademark Office) Better Information for Better Patents

• Collaborate: (National Archives and Records Administration) Connecting Teachers to U.S. History and One Another
• CO.NX, X-Life, and the Growing Role of Social Media: (Department of State)
• Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System by the United States Coast Guard by Benjamin Strong (U.S. Coast Guard)
• Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds by Rita King (IBM Analytics Virtual Center)
• Government as a PARTNER Panel Discussion by Steve Lunceford (Deloitte Consulting), Hillary Hartley (NIC Inc.)
• Government as a PEACEKEEPER Panel Discussion by Dan Mintz (CSC), Steve Ressler (GovLoop.com)
• Government as a PROCESS Panel Discussion by Brian Drake (Deloitte Consulting), Steve Radick (Booz Allen Hamilton)
• Government as a PRODUCT - Apps for America by Clay Johnson (Sunlight Labs), Michael Knapp (GreenRiver.org), Joe Pringle (Forum One), Jeremy Ashkenas(DocumentCloud), Dave Augustine (WestEd)
• Government as a PROTECTOR Panel Discussion by John Bordeaux (Stupski Foundation), Lewis Shepherd (Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments)
• Government as a PROVIDER Panel Discussion by Jeffrey Levy (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Amanda Eamich (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• How the Military Health System uses Integrated Social Media Channels to Better Connect and Engage with its Stakeholders by Donald Jones (Booz Allen Hamilton)
• Web 2.0 and the Communications Effort Surrounding the Peanut Product Recall by Dan Luxenberg (FDA)
• MyEnvironment: Environmental Information for Your Community by Kim Balassiano (USEPA)
• Open Architecture Network: An Open Management System for Government Projects by Mike McCaffrey (Architecture for Humanity)
• March 15th USDA Workshop: Perspectives on Emerging Collaborative Tools

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State Collaboration Initiatives:

• Utah Department of Public Safety Media Portal by Jeff Nigbur (Utah Department of Public Safety)

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Local Collaboration Initiatives:

• San Francisco's Open Source Software Policy ensures that open source software is considered for all of the city's new technology purchases over $100,000
• CrimeReports.com: Engaging the Public in Neighborhood Law Enforcement by Greg Whisenant (CrimeReports.com)
• Neighbors for Neighbors - Connecting Neighbors to Each Other and Government Resources by Joseph Porcelli (Neighbors for Neighbors, Inc.)
• Transit 2.0 at BART.gov by Melissa Jordan (Bay Area Rapid Transit)

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International Examples:

• The Democracy Video Challenge - Engaging Youth Through New Technology by George Clack (Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. State Department)
• txts 4 africa by Merrick Schaefer (UNICEF)

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General Collaboration Principles and Ideas:

• Open Government Strategy Development and Implementation Framework: (Department of Transportation) A framework for transforming an organization through effective change management. 
• Creating Social Media Policy: (MiXT Media Strategies) A discussion of what agencies should consider when developing their policies on social media. 
• "Communities of Practice: A New Tool for Government Managers”: This study documents the creation and implementation of several intergovernmental "communities of practice."
• See also this report on priorities for enabling collaboration by the National Academy of Public Administration:

Enabling Collaboration: Three Priorities for New Administration

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