What’s next for EfficientGovNow?
A lot of you have asked that question since July and the answer is getting a little clearer after members of the Fund for Our Economic Future met yesterday at Oberlin College.
This was our first Fund meeting since the conclusion of the first EfficientGovNow competition in August. And Fund members were thrilled with the outcomes of the inaugural ANEO Choice Awards that were announced last month. Many of you have encouraged the Fund to do the competition again, and it looks like we’ll be doing just that.
No formal vote was taken by the Fund yesterday because there hasn’t yet been time for the Fund to follow its normal grantmaking process to approve a Round 2 of EfficientGovNow. But the members directed staff and the Fund’s Government Action Team to begin planning the next round. The Fund expects to vote on a Round 2 program in December.
Later this month, voters in EfficientGovNow will receive an e-mail survey asking for their input in helping the Fund design Round 2. We look forward to your ideas on how we can improve this program. When the survey is ready, we’ll highlight it here, as well.