Join NCDD Listening Session on May 3rd: Contributing to the OMB's PPCE Framework

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wants your ideas to develop a Federal framework, guidelines, and leading practices for public participation and community engagement (PPCE) activities to help Federal agencies more broadly and meaningfully engage with you and your communities. People are encouraged to share their experiences and provide feedback through public comments, online forms, or attending virtual listening sessions by May 17th. Read the NCDD blog post about the opportunity here.

This is the first real opportunity in a while for practitioners like us to help inform Federal practices for engagement! Some may remember our efforts as a network during the Obama Administration, which led to the development of the Core Principles for Public Engagement, and we sent a joint response on the Open Government Action Plan with the Deliberative Democracy Consortium back in 2012 (see the archive post about this here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200918061645/www.ncdd.org/6591).

On May 3rd, NCDD staff will convene a listening session to hear from our network and gather input for NCDD’s response. This meeting will provide opportunities to reflect on the questions prompted by the Federal government’s Request for Information. The listening session will be held at 2pm Eastern, 11am Pacific.

Register here to join the NCDD Listening Session!

Some of the questions we will be exploring include…

• What types of content (e.g., methods, tools, definitions, research on the value of participation and engagement, promising practices) could OMB include in a Federal framework for PPCE?
• What goals and objectives should OMB consider when developing a Federal framework for PPCE?
• What steps should OMB take that involve the Federal Government and the public, especially engaging members of underserved communities, to ensure collaborative development of the framework? Please share any promising practices and successful examples.

If you are unable to join us during the NCDD listening session, you are welcome to share your thoughts via a survey by May 10th. Information gathered from the NCDD listening session and survey, will be compiled and submitted to OMB. Take the survey: LINKED HERE 

The White House OMB, Office of Science and Technology Policy, and U.S. GSA Open Government Secretariat are hosting a listening session as well. On May 2nd, from 1:30-3:00 PM Eastern, this session offers a chance to learn about the OMB's PPCE framework and share your insights. Register for the government listening session at: LINKED HERE 

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