DOL is with the program.

"Before enactment of this requirement for data exchange standardization, the Department had been a proponent of and strong advocate for the use of open source technologies and data exchange standards in the development of IT systems..." – Part of a proposed rule change at the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program

My interview with Linux Format.

Linux Format just published their interview with me at OSCON 2012.

Deputy CIO Chris Vein on Open Source

http://vimeo.com/44453348 A really wonderful presentation. This will be the first link I send people when they ask why open source matters for government. You should follow him on Twitter. Related: Open Source matters for Open Government, really.

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 will be presenting more findings from the timeline at OSCON this year.] It is difficult to imagine the Federal government moving in one well-coordinated direction on any matter, and so it has been … Continue reading History of Open Source in Government →