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NewsOMB Shared First should include open source, says group
Open source advocates urge the Office of Management and Budget to expand its Shared First strategy to include open source software development in a Feb. 2 comment posted online. OMB released Dec. 8 a Read more...
Ozone Widget Framework to transition to OSS
Open source advocates within the intelligence community are applauding a provision of the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill requiring the Defense Information Systems Agency to publically make Read more...
Q&A: NASA's Sean Herron and William Eshagh on code.nasa.gov
On Jan. 4, NASA added to its growing collection of open.nasa.gov websites with the launch of code.nasa.gov. The site aims to be a "community hub" by providing access to current NASA open source Read more...
NASA looks to lower open source licensing barriers
The recent launch of code.nasa.gov is providing better access to NASA sourced and funded projects, but William Eshagh of the NASA open government team says some forthcoming open-source licensing Read more...
DISA revises software guideline clarifying open source rules
The Defense Information Systems Agency has updated the Application Security & Development Security Technical Implementation Guide, clarifying a commonly-misunderstood Defense Department policy Read more...
Levin: VA not afraid to 'pay for it'
A push by the Veterans Affairs Department to incorporate open source software into its electronic health record system isn't an attempt to avoid paying license fees to proprietary vendors, said Peter Read more...
VA studies VistA refactoring
One of the first actions the Veterans Affairs Department has undertaken since launching in August a central body dubbed the "custodial agent" to oversee open source electronic health record projects Read more...
Obama: Agencies should restrict mobile devices
President Obama is set to sign Nov. 9 an executive order that will, among other things, restrict the number of information technology devices agencies can issue to federal employees, according to a Read more...
Baker: VA personnel must justify business case for tablet computers
Veterans Affairs Department personnel wanting a mobile device such as an iPad for work must justify a business case for it, said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker while speaking to reporters Read more...
U.K. Liberal Democrats urge open source
The British government should ensure it owns all software code it pays for and should share that code for free within the public sector, says a policy paper adopted Sept. 20 by the Liberal Democrats Read more...
| Press ReleasesNASA Invites Media to Open Source Summit March 29-30 in CaliforniaWASHINGTON -- Journalists are invited to attend NASA's first open source software development summit March 29-30 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The event runs from 9 Read more >> NASA to Host Open Source Summit March 29-30 in CaliforniaWASHINGTON, March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a summit about open source software development on March 29-30 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The Read more >> Autonomic Resources Expands Availability of Open Source Solutions for Federal Agencies with Continuent and EnterpriseDB PaLeading data warehousing technologies now available via GSA schedule to enable fast, flexible, cost-effective implementation CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Autonomic Resources, an IT and service Read more >> Open Source for America to Celebrate First Anniversary with Key Milestones for Open Source Technologies in GovernmentOSFA Announces Inaugural Open Source Awards ProgramOSFA Sponsors openness study to assign letter-grade to Cabinet-level agencies surrounding transparency, participation and collaborationOSFA launched Read more >> Space Available: NASA Embraces Open Government InitiativeWASHINGTON, April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Whether using social networks to allow students to interact directly with astronauts, or creating a cloud computing platform to give unprecedented Read more >> |
