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 to the entire CCS community and our partners (including Mikel Maron of OSM!) for their significant 
contributions to the development of the Federal Crowdsourcing and 
Citizen Science Toolkit. We are now rolling it out through a public 
webinar. Please share the following with your colleagues,
 social networks, family, friends, and neighbors! — Lea Shanley, 
co-Chair, CCS</span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">SUBJECT: Invitation <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">to a public webin</span></span>ar on the Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit: October 30^th, 1:00-1:30PM EST</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On <b>October 30^th from 1:00-1:30PM EST</b>,
 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the 
Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science
 (CCS) will conduct a public webinar about the newly released <a href="https://crowdsourcing-toolkit.sites.usa.gov/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">Federal<span class=""><span class=""> Crowdsourcing </span></span>and Citizen Science Toolkit</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The webinar 
will provide an overview of who can use the toolkit, what resources are 
included, and how it can be used to improve projects and partnerships at
 all stages of development. Members
 of the public can provide feedback on the toolkit directly to the 
designers during the webinar, or afterwards through e-mail.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>To participate in the webinar visit</b> <a href="http://epawebconferencing.acms.com/ccstoolkit/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">http://epawebconferencing.acms.com/ccstoolkit/</a> <b>at
 1:00PM ET on October 30^th.</b></span></p>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">I</span></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">f the webinar is oversubscribed you can
<b>dial in at <a href="tel:866-299-3188" value="+18662993188" target="_blank">866-299-3188</a> with the code <a href="tel:202-564-3262" value="+12025643262" target="_blank">202-564-3262</a></b>. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><a href="http://www.digitalgov.gov/communities/federal-crowdsourcing-and-citizen-science/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:purple" target="_blank">CCS
 Community page</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">.</span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">About the Toolkit:</span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://crowdsourcing-toolkit.sites.usa.gov/" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,153);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Federal
 Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">will help Federal agencies plan and manage projects in accordance with data quality, openness, and public participation
 principles outlined in OSTP Director John Holdren’s new <span style="background-color:white">memorandum to Federal agencies, <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">“</span></span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/holdren_citizen_science_memo_092915_0.pdf" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,153);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-color:white">Addressing
 Societal and Scientific Challenges through Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing</span></a>”<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">.</span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The toolkit was developed </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">collaboratively
 with the<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.digitalgov.gov/communities/federal-crowdsourcing-and-citizen-science/" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,153);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Federal
 Community of Practice on Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science</span></a><span> </span></span>and GSA’s Open Opportunities Program. The design process started with a<b> </b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/12/02/designing-citizen-science-and-crowdsourcing-toolkit-federal-government" style="color:purple" target="_blank">user-centered
 design workshop</a> </span>led by the OPM Innovation Lab, OSTP and CCS.
 The release of the toolkit fulfils part of a commitment made by the 
United States in the <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/us_national_action_plan_6p.pdf" style="color:purple" target="_blank">Second
 National Action Plan for Open Government</a>. </span>The development process included more than 125 people from over 25 Federal agencies.<span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.digitalgov.gov/2015/09/30/how-ostp-crowdsourced-a-crowdsourcing-toolkit/" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,153);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Read
 more</span></a><span> </span></span>about how the toolkit was developed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:15px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Also, check out these OSTP Blogs that provide more background and context for this toolkit:</span></p>
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·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         </span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/10/22/building-momentum-open-innovation" style="color:purple" target="_blank">Building Momentum for Open Innovation</a> (October 2015, OSTP Blog)</p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/09/30/accelerating-use-citizen-science-and-crowdsourcing-address-societal-and-scientific" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,153);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Accelerating
 Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing to Address Societal and Scientific Challenges</span></a> (September 2015, OSTP Blog)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/09/09/open-science-and-innovation-people-people-people" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,153);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Open
 Science and Innovation: Of the People, By the People, For the People</span></a><span> </span>(September 2015, OSTP Blog)</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jenn Gustetic (White House OSTP)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br><br>Jay Benforado (EPA)<br>Co-Chair, Federal Community of Practice on Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br><br>Lea Shanley (NASA)<br>Co-Chair, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:17px">Federal Community of Practice on Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br><br>Bernetta Reese (USDA)</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:17px"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>Stephen Lowe (USDA)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>Meredith Lee (DHS)</span></div></div></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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