Tag: open source

Consumer Financial Protection Board Grows the Pie

CFPB recently announced one of the most progressive open source policies in the US government. They reiterated the current OMB and DOD guidance by making open source commercial software, but they also went one step further: code they write is open by default. I am totally impressed. CFPB CIO Chris Willey and his acting deputy … Continue reading Consumer Financial Protection Board Grows the Pie →

UK Gov’t: Open Source is the future.

Liam Maxwell, Cabinet Office director of ICT futures, said Tuesday in London that open source has grown up and it's time to dispel lingering misconceptions about this technology and development process. Maxwell told the Intellect 2012 conference: “Opensource software is not three guys in a shed anymore. There are a lot of misconceptions about open … Continue reading UK Gov’t: Open Source is the future. →

Sandia National Laboratories, 6 February 2012

Here's a presentation I did for the Sandia National Laboratories on February 6th, 2012. I covered the usual: the success of open source in government, and the role of open source in a cloud strategy. You can download the presentation, as well. I still can't spell Albuquerque without aid, but the city is great. If I squinted, … Continue reading Sandia National Laboratories, 6 February 2012 →

Open Source: A platform for government innovation.

Here's my presentation from the Alfresco Content.gov conference. They were good enough to let me ramble for 45 minutes on why open platforms are just as important as open content. Not sure if the full meaning of the talk is apparent from the slides, but I'll leave this here, just in case. You can download … Continue reading Open Source: A platform for government innovation. →

New York CIO Dr. Daniel Chan

Chan said he believes in open technology approaches – including re-using solutions developed by other states – whenever feasible to avoid unnecessary expenses. The strategy was cemented by the success of myBenefits.ny.gov, a 2008 portal he helped develop as CIO of the state’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. In building the site, his office … Continue reading New York CIO Dr. Daniel Chan →

Johanna Blakely on Free Culture, Fashion, and CentOS

http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf [I'll start this by reiterating that these are my own thoughts, and have nothing whatever to do with Red Hat.] This presentation is great overview of the counterintuitive influence of intellectual rights laws on the fashion industry. It's also cogent argument against the fiction that innovation only happens in the context of property. It's … Continue reading Johanna Blakely on Free Culture, Fashion, and CentOS →