Federal Government Open Source Report Card: Which Agencies Passed and Which Failed?
Open Source for America has released their study of which departments in the federal government are most open source aware and friendly. The results may surprise you. But before we get to the results, let me give you some background on Open Source for America:
Open Source for America (OSFA) is an organization of technology industry leaders, non-government associations and academic and research institutions dedicated to advocating the use of open source software in the U.S. Federal government. Participation in Open Source for America is open to any individual or entity signing the campaign's mission pledge at: www.opensourceforamerica.org.
There is a long list of member organizations that you can peruse here. It seems like a great organization which is really pushing open source use in the government. They have found it looks like a ready partner in the current administration as well. According to the OSFA they rated agencies based on:
The Federal Open Technology Report Card evaluated key indicators of open government and open technologies developed through online crowd sourcing and refined metrics outlined by the OSFA leadership committee. These included questions regarding public budgets, use of social media and open source technology practices.
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