Source Code Policy: Introduction for Public Comment

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by taylorbuley • 10 years ago

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hackuser• 10 years ago

Maybe appending "- Request for Public Comment" to the title would make it more descriptive.

... today the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is releasing a draft policy to improve the way custom-developed Government code is acquired and distributed moving forward. This policy is consistent with the Federal Government’s long-standing policy of ensuring that “Federal investments in IT (information technology) are merit-based, improve the performance of our Government, and create value for the American people.”2

This policy requires that, among other things: (1) new custom code whose development is paid for by the Federal Government be made available for reuse across Federal agencies; and (2) a portion of that new custom code be released to the public as Open Source Software (OSS).

We welcome your input on this innovative draft policy ...

taylorbuley• 10 years ago

Unfortunately I'm seeing this too late for the edit, but thanks for the suggestion. I didn't want to hack the title per policy but I think you're right.

_delirium• 10 years ago

Here's the press release accompanying the release of the draft policy: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/03/09/leveraging-americ...

nataliam511• 10 years ago

This makes a lot of sense - also makes me laugh about how many times they've previously duplicated software in different offices.

WorldMaker• 10 years ago

I think this an exciting policy proposal and I'm very interested to see what sort of feedback may result.

Disclaimer: Involved in the planning stages for a custom development project under contract for the Army Corps of Engineers. My personal opinion is that it qualifies for this policy and that it is a good policy moving forward. So far I have absolutely no idea of the opinions of my employer, much less the staff we are working with at the Army Corps of Engineers.

Source Code Policy: Introduction for Public Comment

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