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Evaluating Our Progress

Category Score Rationale
High-Value Data Meets Expectations

NSF published four high-value data sets in an open, machine-readable format on January 21st. All four are registered and available for free download on Data.gov:

  1. NSF Freedom of Information Act Report for October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009

  2. NSF Research Grant Funding Rates

  3. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention Recipients, 2000-2009

  4. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award Recipients, 2000-2009
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Data Integrity Meets Expectations On January 21, 2010 the National Science Foundation designated José L. Muñoz, Ph.D., Acting Director, Office of CyberInfrastructure (OCI), to be accountable for the quality and objectivity of, and internal controls over, the Federal spending information publicly disseminated through such public venues as USAspending.gov or other similar websites.
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Open Government Webpage Meets Expectations On February 5, 2010 the National Science Foundation launched this, its Open Government Webpage. It includes a link to NSF's 2009 Freedom of Information Act Report in XML format, will include a link to NSF's Open Government Plan by April 7, and provides links to agency information available in open formats, including our high-value data sets.
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Public Consultation Meets Expectations NSF's Open Government Webpage incorporates an engagement tool that enables the public to 1) provide input on the agency’s Open Government Plan, 2) provide input about which information to prioritize for publication; and 3) give feedback on assessment of the quality of published information. The NSF Director and Acting Deputy Director have sent an email to all NSF employees encouraging them to share their ideas for the Foundation's Open Government Plan through the engagement tool or opengov@nsf.gov. In addition, NSF has developed and staffed a plan to respond to public input received on its Open Government Webpage on a regular basis.
Open Government Directive Plan Meets Expectations NSF published the National Science Foundation Open Government Directive Plan on April 7, 2010. The plan is available at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf10049.

See our self-evaluation of the plan.
Open Government Directive Plan   NSF published an updated National Science Foundation Open Government Directive Plan on September 20, 2010. The revised plan is available at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=opengov.