The Better Government Movement creates a better relationship between the government and the public. This program was born out of the idea that the government needed to codify and capture stories and lessons learned from programs or initiatives that have driven new value for the American people to effectively compete in an ever-changing innovation economy. A key component of this program is building out a "Better Government Toolkit" that captures the proven practices and actionable items that make a better government through innovation happen.

This Program will foster the awareness, adaptation, and adoption of a core set of innovative principles to solve problems and promote a culture of experimentation both within the government and beyond. The outcomes of the Program is as follows:

• Improve government effectiveness
• Increase agility of government
• Deliver better results at a lower cost
• Improve core processes
• Improve ability to solve problems

In this repository are the notes from the Better Government Workshops held the week of March 20, 2017. Please provide your edits to this file the Better Government GitHub Repository by Friday, March 31.

How to edit the file in this repository.

The leadership team will review all the comments and start forming out the Better Government principles/values in early April 2017. We will circulate draft principle and values document around the community as soon as it's available (estimated mid-April).

If you have questions about this content or want to join a team, please email Amy Wilson, Better Government Program Manager at [email protected] or at (202) 394-9874.

Want to participate in the conversation around building a better government? Join our #better-govt-public Slack Channel. Not a member? Visit https://chat.18f.gov/ and select the Better Government Program channel to be added to this public channel.