Phase III -- the drafting phase -- of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Open Government Initiative (OGI) has begun with a period of collaborative drafting using Mixed Ink, the group writing platform we've touched on here a handful of times in the past. OSTP is asking for open-government recommendations to come in the form of actionable, measurable prescriptions: all agencies should do X, and the metric for success or failure will be Y. The substance seeding this drafting phase is drawn from the suggestions produced during the project's two earlier public phases, as shaped and interpreted by OSTP -- as well as commentary captured from a wiki used by government employees to participate in the process. This is the last of the public phases of the OGI process, but not the last stop on the road: Deputy CTO for Open Government Beth Noveck blogs that what results from the Mixed Ink-powered drafting phase "will inform the drafting of an 'Open Government Directive' to Executive Branch agencies."

Drafting runs through Sunday, while voting on the submitted suggestions continues until Monday, June 30th.