As summarized in Part 1 of this series, the study explored four organizational factors believed to be hindering or aiding agency publication of OSS. The organizational factors were cultural beliefs, public engagement, structural dimensions, and organizational location. …

This is a guest post by Ian Lee, a computer engineer and student mentor who is committed to improving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s engagement with the open source software community. Software underpins much of the scientific discovery happening at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and open source has been part…

By Joe Castle Ph.D. and The Code.gov Team As summarized in Part 1 of this series, the study explored four organizational factors believed to be hindering or aiding agency publication of OSS. The organizational factors were cultural beliefs, public engagement, structural dimensions, and organizational location and each will be explored…

By Anna Zhang, Code.gov Coding it Forward Fellow Last month we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The landmark legislation sought to guarantee equal access and opportunity for people with disabilities. For many, accessibility means the creation of designated parking spaces or installation of wheelchair-friendly ramps…

By The Code.gov Team We’re back with another installment of Better Know an Engineer. We are pleased to feature a friend of Code.gov and all-around amazing person Rayvn Manuel of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. …

By Joe Castle, Ph.D. and the Code.gov team Greetings coders! We’re back with our fifth installment of our Federal Source Code Series. Here at the halfway point we hope you are gaining some good information about Code.gov and our mission and vision for open source in government. …

By: Evan “Taylor” Yates and Justin Gosses Org: NASA OCIO Transformation & Data Division (TDD) Open Innovation Program Date: 5/12/2020 Why Quantify Reuse of Government Code? Congress requires Government agencies to publish a percentage of their code as open source, and for good reason. Open-source software promotes high-quality government code…

By The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Code.gov Open source software (OSS) is a fundamental aspect of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has served the public in its short history. In April of 2012, nine months after opening our doors, we released our source code policy, based on…

By Joe Castle, Ph.D. and Code.gov We’re back with our fourth installment of the Federal Source Code Series. As summarized in Part 1 of this series, the study explored four organizational factors believed to be hindering or aiding agency publication of OSS. The organizational factors were cultural beliefs, public engagement…