How It Works

The Open UI Initiative brings together stakeholders, including states, vendors, and subject matter experts, to establish an organizing framework for modular development. This framework will: 

• Identify the common functions across UI benefits, tax, and appeals systems today.
• Define a set of modules to support them.
• Document related interoperability standards that guide how those modules should function and work together.

Beyond the benefit to an individual state of using the Open UI Framework, a critical mass of participating states will push the marketplace toward use of the Open UI Framework with their procurement power. States that are satisfied with their current solutions can continue with them, but the vendors they use may choose to participate in the Open UI Framework for particular modules. The published standardization of requirements among states will make it easier for new entrants to be successful, increasing competition and innovation.