Open Source in Government FAQ
The Department of Defense has a much longer and more comprehensive FAQ on this same subject. Can the government use open source? …
Ersatz pragmatism and the lock-in problem.
Bob Plankers believes that OpenStack exhibits lock-in behavior, and is therefore equivalent to proprietary technology like VMware and Hyper-V. This kind of …
Corporate Open Source Anti-Patterns
Some very, very sound (and super-quotable!) advice for anyone interested in starting an open source project.
5 Minutes for Open Source in Government
In 5 minutes, you can make a difference: Upvote “Use and Contribute to Open Source” in the IT Shared Services Strategy. Add …
The Open Source Shared First Opportunity: > $1.2 Billion
“A collaborative, analysis-based approach that leverages the implementation of robust enterprise governance, cross-enterprise portfolio governance, together with segment enterprise architecture, is imperative …
NH HB418: Live free software or die.
Congratulations to New Hampshire, whose newly passed HB418 now requires the consideration of open source software, and promotes open data standards. This …
Open Source for America responds to the draft “Shared First” policy
Embracing the open source approach, though, and using it to encourage sharing between agencies, departments, other governments, and the general public is …
Symantec explains why proprietary software is dangerous
Someone stole Symantec’s source code five years ago. Since that time, the only people who knew about the exploits were Symantec and …
GOSCON: Climbing the Mountain
The Government Open Source Conference, masterfully curated by Deb Bryant and the good people at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab, …
DOD Open Technology Development Guide Released!
The DOD’s second Open Technology Development Roadmap has been released: “Open Technology Development: Lessons Learned and Best Practices“. It’s a handbook for …
Lockheed Martin on Open Source and the Cloud
Lockheed Martin’s Melvin Greer, Senior Fellow and Chief Strategist, Cloud Computing, noted that the contractor community’s development of internal expertise in using …
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 …
Good design is hard on all of us.
Tim Lee is, for my money, one of the most reasonable and thoughtful tech policy essayists we have. His latest, “Open User …
Citizen and government collaboration: let’s work it out.
Over the last couple years, many of us involved with open source in government have had discussions about what it means for …
The future of the government forges
The GSA is currently planning forge.gov, which is widely assumed to be based on forge.mil, the much-discussed collaboration platform from the Defense …
Fighting Forks
This is the ignite presentation I gave for the Mil-OSS WG2 conference today. It’s a tremendous group of sandal-shod revolutionaries who want …
Open Source Pork
The adorably named “Snort” project has been the mainstay of open source intrusion detection systems for as long as I can remember. …
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 …
Lockheed Goes Open Source. Blankenhorn Hates It.
I was really pleased to read the announcement that Lockheed Martin’s social networking platform, EurekaStreams, was released as an open source project …
Rough Guide to Gov 2.0 Expo: Open Source Edition
Gov 2.0 Expo is coming to Washington, DC next week. It’s the latest offering from the O’Reilly event machine, which is unmatched …