Problem statement

January 2016:

The USEITI website was intended to meet these goals:

• increase transparency and dialogue about the U.S. natural resource revenues system
• increase trust and dialogue between natural resource sectors (industry, civil society and government)
• meet the requirements of the international EITI standard in a modern (read: online) way

We have observed that the USEITI website isn’t:

• engaging audiences, and therefore is not inspiring dialogue

which is causing these adverse effects:

• our project is at risk of being irrelevant (not reaching target audiences)

measurable criteria for success:

• website views increase
• our site becomes a generally-accepted source of information on this sector
• congressional staffers call us or use our site’s information on this sector
• both civil society and industry use our site

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From March 2015: For more on the problem statement update, see our January 2016 research summary

The USEITI website was intended to meet these goals:

• increase transparency and dialogue about the U.S. natural resource revenues system
• increase trust and dialogue between natural resource sectors (industry, civil society and government)
• meet the requirements of the international EITI standard in a modern (read: online) way

We have observed that the USEITI website isn’t:

• meeting the contextual requirements of the international EITI standard
• explaining the relationship of EITI/USEITI, stakeholders, extractive revenues (leading to a ‘...this is cool, but what is it?’)
• engaging audiences, and therefore is not inspiring dialogue

which is causing these adverse effects:

• our project is at risk of being irrelevant (not reaching target audiences)
• USEITI may revert to a paper EITI Report if EITI requirements cannot be met online

measurable criteria for success:

• USEITI 2015 Report is delivered as a wholly online experience with only a short executive summary PDF
• website views increase
• our site becomes a generally-accepted source of information on this sector
• congressional staffers call us or use our site’s information on this sector
• both civil society and industry use our site