The Link to Government group (LTG) was formed to identify opportunities and develop strategies to promote and support citizen deliberation in government decision-making.

At present LTG is working to bring together civic engagement resources for elected officials and government agency practitioners.

The Link to Government group has four objectives:

• Champion DD before government

• Build knowledge around existing practice

• Raise level of awareness within DDC, elsewhere of government views and practice with regards to citizen engagement and deliberation.

• Raise level, quality of practice of DD in government

The Link to Government group is currently developing specific proposals to meet its objectives. These include:

• Develop a "federal network for deliberation" that will share information about the state of practice within various executive and legislative insitutions.

• Create a "best practices in deliberation" award for federal managers and others.

• Identify research questions that are compelling for federal public participation practitioners.