Open Government Portfolio Public Value Assessment Tool (PVAT)

TheOpen Government Portfolio Public Value Assessment Tool (PVAT)offers government leaders an approach to making better-informed decisions about their portfolio of open government initiatives.This tool provides a structured way to assess the public value of an initiative so an agency can review the expected public value across their entire portfolio.The information generated from using this tool can support decisions about initiatives in a portfolio and how to enhance the agency\u27s public value.OverviewFAQ- Answers to frequently asked questions about the PVAT.Presentation- Original slideshow overview of the core components of the PVAT including descriptions of public value types and mechanisms.Report- Describes the project approach and methodology and presents the PVAT concepts and design. Details how CTG UAlbany and federal agencies worked together to bring the ideals of open government and the importance of public value into a practical portfolio-based tool that can inform decision making.Download the PVATThe PVAT is available for free under different licenses (select one below):Governmental- Government employees or officials for government purposes.Non-Governmental- Non-government individuals for non-commercial purposes.Commercial- Used by any individual for all for-profit purposes (You can request this by email and we will contact you about a license and further information.)Why Licensing?The PVAT is freely available to governments at all levels in the U.S. and around the world.Learn More \u3e\u3eTechnical RequirementsThis software requires Microsoft Excel with macros enabled.Project BackgroundCTG UAlbany received an Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).This is structured to develop a conceptual resource design for open government leaders. In addition, it aims to start the development of a research proposal that lays out the most pressing questions surrounding emerging technologies, open government, and citizen services.Resource for Government Leaders- The development of the resource for open government leaders is presented hereOpen Government and Public Value: Conceptualizing a Portfolio Assessment Tool (PVAT).As part of the process, CTG UAlbany held the workshop Balancing Your Agency\u27s Open Government Portfolio: A Public Value Approach with federal open government leaders to test and refine the conceptual design of the tool.This half-day workshop was held in December 2010 at the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington, D.C.Learn More \u3e\u3eA Research Proposal- Throughout investigation and development process, CTG UAlbany has documented the most pressing questions and areas of research that are critical to the understanding and evaluation of open government.Contact CTG to Facilitate Group Planning ProcessCTG UAlbany works with governments in group planning process designed to examine initiatives being considered as part of an agency’s open government portfolio.CTG UAlbany can help consider each initiative from a stakeholder and public value perspective.This understanding of your initiatives can be used to inform decisions about an overall open government portfolio and plan. [email protected]

New Models of Collaboration - A Guide for Managers

Governments around the world are attempting to improve public services through the use of advanced information technology. Increasingly these efforts rely on cross-boundary collaboration among government agencies, the private sector, and non-profit organizations. This guide focuses on the key elements of these new working arrangements of particular importance to the people who will design and manage them. It is based on the two-year multinational study New Models of Collaboration for Delivering Public Services conducted in a partnership among the Centre Francophone d\u27Informatisation des Organisations (CEFRIO), in Quebec, the Center for Technology in Government in the US, and the Cellule Interfacultaire de Technology Assessment (CITA) in Belgium. In the last decade, both industrialized and developing countries have been seeking new organizational models involving collaboration across-government or public-private partnerships. The defining characteristic of these endeavors is the voluntary combination of separate organizations into a coherent service delivery system supported by advanced information technologies. The rapid evolution of these technologies has created important new opportunities for governments to redesign services through creative relationships with other organizations. This guide is based on a multinational research project designed to understand how these collaborations work. It involved a network of field researchers in Canada, the US and Europe who studied more than a dozen collaborations and uncovered critical success factors and lessons learned about these new organizational forms are designed, managed, and perform. Twelve of the case studies are presented in this guide, along with discussions of four key management issues, and summaries of conference presentations and other research results