OER Knowledge CloudWeb Article20142014/10Forward, Mary LouUnited NationsU.S. Open Government National Action PlanOERUnited StatesOpen Education Consortium: The global network for Open Education2014blogGovernments are increasingly paying attention to the potential of OER to leverage improvements in reach, effectiveness and equality of education. Evan Ryan, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, recently posted on the importance of these resources on the Department of State’s blog.unknownhttp://www.oeconsortium.org/assistant-secretary-of-state-remarks-on-the-importance-of-oer/http://www.oeconsortium.org/assistant-secretary-of-state-remarks-on-the-importance-of-oer/United States, North America