The Accumulo Challenge, Part I
The dozens of software projects launched in the wake of Google’s Big Table and Map Reduce papers have changed the way we handle large datasets. Like …
History of Open Source in Government
[This is a writeup I did as a companion to the History of Open Source in Government Timeline. Karl Fogel and I …
FedRAMP for the impatient.
FedRAMP is how clouds will be authorized for use in the Federal government. With it, the government to authorize a cloud for …
Obama, McNealy, and Cognitive Dissonance
Gene Quinn’s recent post titled “What Happened to the Obama Open Source Initiative?” criticizes, in turns, open source software, Scott McNealy, the …
The Hazards of Open Data Exceptionalism
The prospect of funding cuts for e-Gov initiatives like data.gov, USAspending.gov and friends is worrying. Everyone should join the Sunlight Foundation’s effort …
Open Source in Government: Who was first?
Brian Purchia of Burson-Marsteller has a post over on GovFresh about the value of open source to unions. His argument pivots on …