Thread by @digiphile

Just logged on. I'll be speaking later about transparency & public engagement.

Did YOU know the USA has a Federal Data Strategy?

Or that it's part of National US Plan for #OpenGov?

This @POTUS & @WhiteHouse should have told you: e-pluribusunum.org/2019/07/08/how…

https://twitter.com/data_foundation/status/1323265762031788032

@POTUS @WhiteHouse I will talk about how this administration's record of lies, data deletion, censorship & attacks on science has utterly eviscerated the mission defined in the Federal Data Strategy:

https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1321261582614208513

Public trust in open data & government depends on good governance. #opengov

@POTUS @WhiteHouse Some real -- if polite -- talk about how crazy it is that the @NYTimes & @COVID19Tracking are canonical sources of #opendata about #COVID19 instead of @CDCgov @HHSgov by @dcorliss_astro

My comments regarding the record of this @WhiteHouse: not only did they fail to engage the American public or co-create a new #OpenGov plan, but they have censored data, cast doubt on data & scientists, censored scientists, & robbed us of shared facts.

@WhiteHouse None of these open government watchdogs or advocates or newsrooms are on this @Data_Foundation panel on "transparency & openness": e-pluribusunum.org/2020/05/01/the… No one is talking about @OpenGovPart, FOIA, whistleblowing, official disinformation, censorship, #ddj, or @OMBpress silence.

This is EXACTLY what happened in 2017 & 2018 in workshops to "co-create" the US Plan for @OpenGovPart: #opengov watchdogs & advocates, & journalists weren't included -- or didn't participate – which means folks who know the truth about data & transparency aren't part of the mix.

@opengovpart Surreal to folks experts talk about federal agencies pursuing "evidence-based policymaking": e-pluribusunum.org/2019/01/15/pre… when this administration denies climate change, refuses to follow science to suppress the pandemic, demonizes immigrants, & strips environmental protections.

@opengovpart In which @NickRHart points out that @OMBpress still hadn't issued guidance on the #OpenGov Data Act, almost 2 years after its passage, & suggests a @WhiteHouse doing so would help in 2021: e-pluribusunum.org/2019/01/15/pre… (So would ceasing censorship of #opendata.)