Top 10 list (American Transparency Project)
The Top 10 ways that the American Transparency Project will help the United States:
- Promote Openness - We dismantle the opacity of the Administrative State by advocating for the creation of a comprehensive, public-facing repository of information.
- Enhance public trust - By creating more transparency in the Federal government's operations, we are enabling citizens to see how their government functions, spends, and impacts their lives.
- Using a familiar tool - The software powering USApedia is the same running Wikipedia, the 5th most visited site worldwide[1]
- The wiki is working on going deeper that a tradition Federal agency's organization chart to also document the various partner organization also involved in the work of the Federal government.
- USApedia provides a basic full-text search that looks through page titles, content, and, to some extent, page metadata. Users type keywords into the search box, and the system returns results that match those keywords in the wiki's pages.
- We are also adding a to filter the pages similar to the way you organize your music by artist or by genre,
- Information can be updated in real-time, reflecting the latest developments, changes in policy, or shifts in funding, which is essential for maintaining an accurate portrayal of government activities.