About Us
OpenTheGovernment.org is a coalition of journalists, consumer and good government groups, environmentalists, library groups, labor, and others united to make the federal government a more open place in order to make us safer, strengthen public trust in government, and support our democratic principles. Our coalition transcends partisan lines and includes progressives, libertarians, and conservatives.Governance: OpenTheGovernment.org is guided by a Steering Committee (members listed below). A subset - the two co-chairs and three steering committee members - are appointed to the Executive Committee which provides day-to-day guidance, as needed, to the Director and assists in the development of an annual budget which is brought before the full committee for approval. Subcommittees include a nominations committee and ad hoc committees and working groups as needed.
Read our Strategic Operational Plan
Read our 2007 and our 2008 Year End reports.
The Steering Committee meets monthly by conference call. Minutes are available here.
Steering Committee Members
Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists
Bill Allison, Sunlight Foundation
Mary Alice Baish, American Association of Law Libraries
Gary D. Bass, OMB Watch*
Tom Blanton, National Security Archive*
Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight
Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Charles Davis, National Freedom of Information Coalition
Leslie Harris, Center for Democracy & Technology
Robert Leger, Society of Professional Journalists
Conrad Martin, Fund for Constitutional Government**
Michael D. Ostrolenk, Liberty Coalition
Reece Rushing, Center for American Progress
Peg Seminario, AFL-CIO
David Sobel, Electronic Frontier Foundation
* co-chairs
** ex-officio member
This coalition is made possible by the generous support of:
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The CS Fund
Educational Foundation of America
HKH Foundation
Open Society Institute
Stewart R Mott Charitable Trust (through Philanthropic Ventures Fund)
and
Fund for Constitutional Government
National Security Archive
OMB Watch