透明和開放政府備忘錄
致行政部門和機構首長的備忘錄
主題：透明度和開放政府
我領導下的政府正在致力打造一個前所未有的開放的政府。我們將共同努力，確保公眾的信任，并建立透明制度、公眾參與、與合作。我們的開放程度將加強民主和促進政府的工作效率和有效性。
政府應該是透明的。透明度，促進問責制，為公民提供政府在做什么事情的信息。聯邦政府所擁有的信息是一種全民所有的資產。我領導下的政府會采取適當行動，按照法律和政策，迅速公布信息以便公眾可以很容易找到并使用政府信息。行政部門和機構應利用新技術盡快地把他們的業務和信息決策在網路上發布，讓公眾查閱。行政部門和機構也應征求公眾意見，以確定什么是公眾最需要的信息。
政府應該是參與的。提高公眾參可促進政府的工作效力和提高其決策的質量。知識是分散在社會的各個角落里，如果公職人員能獲得這些分散的知識，將大大受益。行政部門和機構應向公眾提供更多的機會讓他們參與政府決策，使得政府能受益于公眾的集體專業知識和信息。行政部門和機構還應該征求公眾有關我們如何加強和改善公眾參與政府的機會的意見。
政府應合作。合作有利于促進公眾積極參與政府的工作。行政部門和機構應使用創新的工具、方法和制度，以自己，在各級政府部門之間，與非營利性組織、企業、個人、私營組織之間展開合作。行政部門和機構應征求公反饋來評估和改善他們的協作方式和水平以確定新的合作機會。
我指示首席技術官與管理和預算辦公室（the Office of Management and Budget）主任和后勤管理署長協作，并通過有關的行政機關的協調，在120天內，制定《開放政府指令》。該《指令》將由管理和預算辦公室主任發布，指示各行政部門和機構采取具體行動來落實本備忘錄中提出的原則。個部門和機構應執行《開放政府指令》。
本備忘錄無意、而且也沒有創建任何權利、利益、實質性或程序性的法律與美國、其政府部門、機構或實體、以及其職員、雇員或代理人、或任何其他人對立。
本備忘錄應在《聯邦公報》上公布。
巴拉克 奧巴馬
原文：
Transparency and Open Government
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
SUBJECT: Transparency and Open Government
My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.
Government should be participatory. Public engagement enhances the Government's effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions. Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge. Executive departments and agencies should offer Americans increased opportunities to participate in policymaking and to provide their Government with the benefits of their collective expertise and information. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public input on how we can increase and improve opportunities for public participation in Government.
Government should be collaborative. Collaboration actively engages Americans in the work of their Government. Executive departments and agencies should use innovative tools, methods, and systems to cooperate among themselves, across all levels of Government, and with nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals in the private sector. Executive departments and agencies should solicit public feedback to assess and improve their level of collaboration and to identify new opportunities for cooperation.
I direct the Chief Technology Officer, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Administrator of General Services, to coordinate the development by appropriate executive departments and agencies, within 120 days, of recommendations for an Open Government Directive, to be issued by the Director of OMB, that instructs executive departments and agencies to take specific actions implementing the principles set forth in this memorandum. The independent agencies should comply with the Open Government Directive.
This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA