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Gateway to Gov Development Wiki

Gateway, as its known for short, was formed to enhance constituent engagement in the governance process. Gateway is working, in partnership with several other organizations, on ways to improve communication between constituents and their elected representatives, executives and public agencies.

Gateway to Gov, Inc. was founded in June 2006 and has been recognized as a public charity by the State of New York and awarded 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service.

This wiki was established to describe, in detail, our development plans. If you'd like to read a more condensed overview of our plans, here is a four-page outline (PDF). [1]


Contents

[edit] Gateway Projects

[edit] Core Concepts

  • Neutrality: As the host of the civic platform, Gateway to Gov will abstain from advocating on issues.
  • Transparency: Every aspect of the Gateway to Gov platform will open and transparent
  • Verified Users: A tiered-verification system ensures users of the platform are constituents in a given district.
  • Syndication: Discussions and statistics originating on the Gateway to Gov are freely available for third party use.
  • Issue Credentials: Users may indicate which issue-related educational materials they have reviewed, providing a means of credentialing users and promoting issue education.

[edit] Platform Components

[edit] Development Plans

  • Coalition Building: We are currently building a coalition of civic-participation oriented organizations and individuals to jointly pursue the design and development of a common civic platform.
  • Initial Rollout: Initial deployment plans involve a NYC-based proof of concept followed by regional and ultimately national deployment.

[edit] Background Info

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