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Open Government has traditionally been defined in terms of transparency, participation, and collaboration, however the real value of Open Government is in the public value that these principles generate. The Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany has developed an approach to planning that helps organizations understand public value and allows them to analyze their efforts in order to develop their own portfolio view of public value.