OpenTreasury Public Feedback & Involvement, Tools & Strategies...

The 1,600 members of Open Source for America are dedicated to supporting and guiding federal efforts to make the US government more open through the use of open source software. We have established recommendations for all agencies to consider in their Open Government Plans, with these recommendations especially highlighting the need to remove barriers to the successful leveraging of open source software and open IT more... more »

Disruptive Technologies: A Holistic, Pragmatic Approach

New technologies are emerging at a faster pace than Agencies can swallow. The rate of obsolescence outpaces the pace of change.

Despite the new technology flood, Agencies lack a strategy to on-board these disruptions. As a result, they often react, flounder, or simply ignore them.

We can solve these problems in four major areas of practice:

Leadership... more »

Do you think it's important for Treasury to work with citizens to deliver services & execute core missions? If so, you can vote for this idea or a leave a comment supporting this idea. And if you've got a better idea, submit your own!

Citizens should be directly involved in recommending open ways that the government might provide for the general Welfare of the United States because of the overlap between collaboration and funding. If we are prevented from making such recommendations, then how can open resources which are shown to improve the ability of citizens to accurately and effectively instruct their access to government information and services... more »

Treasury Department should have an easy to find suggestion program that anyone can submit ideas to. The suggestion program should allow for awards which could be a percentage of the first year's cost savings. Awards would only be given to suggestions that are approved and amount is based on a small percentage of the savings (I have seen 3%-25% in various programs)so government is saving funding and most suggestions... more »

I don't know if this is the correct DEpt. to suggest this to, but maybe the government should outlaw Adjustible rate mortgages and force the banks to convert all adjustible rate mortgages to "Fixed rate mortgages at the rate that is currently in force as of Jan. 1,2010.

Why Can't my site/idea receive votes. In my 'box' if you will I shoe 27. I'm confused as to what to do to rectify.

The housing market needs to fall and prices need to be realigned with what the population is earning. Although prices seem like they've fallen quite a bit already, this is only true if you are comparing them to what they were at the height of the boom. The boom was a result of many irresponsible groups of people who allowed overpriced houses to be sold to under qualified buyers. By implementing incentives and strategies... more »

professional consumers make money while stimulating the market...social information and purchasing information when combined is informational gold for many different markets and marketers

The System

a prosumer would purchase at a merchant with a system ID card (preloaded with say $50 to start the "reactor")
The prosumer, prior to the purchase would have given as much sociological information as possible or comfortable... more »

I really do appreciate the site if for only venting, however, for reasons of privacy and other things could you remove my name and signature and posted idea? I would greatly appreciate this and apologize.

 

Respectfully,

 

Tom