OpenTheGovernment.orgOpenTheGovernment.orgOTG_88d57e20-1e61-4fbc-84b6-44de7b183486The mission of OpenTheGovernment.org is to make government more open to achieve accountability, security, and safety._eadee1af-2915-48da-90dd-e51d169011e2Access to Government InformationThe partners in OpenTheGovernment.org believe that access to information, especially about our government and its activities, is part of our common heritage as Americans and is a human right. It is a right that is under increasing threat.Broaden the Base of Openness AdvocatesBroaden the base of national, state and local organizations active on right to know and anti-secrecy issues. The current constituency base of nonprofit organizations, media allies, prominent citizens and others willing to respond to crises and advocate for the right to know is inadequate to meet today's trend against openness._750f8ef6-818e-44a6-9e6f-34b88016686f1Advance the Right-to-KnowAdvance right-to-know at the federal and state levels through legislative and other vehicles. These vehicles may be useful as a tool or set of tools to organize around or as policy objectives in and of themselves._b77a35d6-f124-407f-8fa5-dd6fb0e8a9582Publicize Secrecy EffortsBetter publicize secrecy efforts through the media using messages that resonate with the public and are framed in a way that is supportive of improving hometown safety._fc6ce06f-2c24-42eb-b300-a4065a02cfab32007-01-012009-12-312010-02-08http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/StrategicPlan.pdfArthurColman (www.drybridge.com)colman@drybridge.com