Deliberative E-Rulemaking Project

Challenges to Enacting Real World Deliberation

Bibliographic Data

ID12972185
AuthorsJennifer Stromer-Galley, Jennifer Stromer‐galley (0000-0001-6079-8788, University at Albany, State University of New York, corresponding author), Nick Webb (University at Albany, State University of New York), Peter Muhlberger (Texas Tech University)
Year2012
Volume9
Issue1
Pages82-96
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Information Technology & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1933-169X • E-ISSN: 1933-1681
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19331681.2012.635971
OpenAlexW2008339701
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited33

This article describes the challenges facing a federal government–funded initiative to promote online deliberation to improve the public comment process by federal and state government agencies in the United States. The three year project met several difficulties. Some have been technical, but our primary obstacle has been in securing partnerships with government agencies. Due to institutional, legal, and organizational challenges, many government agencies are resistant to opening up the public comment process to a deliberative structure, although some change occurred following the Obama administration's Open Government Initiative. This article describes the objectives of the original research project and details the challenges faced with the hope of guiding future deliberation research projects that aim to work with federal agencies in the U.S

Administration (probate law · Deliberation · Government (linguistics · Obstacle · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public relations · Rulemaking · State (computer science · Work (physics · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Engineering · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Media and Politics

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