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DHS report outlines challenges, opportunities of open source in government

The report emphasizes the importance of case studies to highlight open source execution within government, bringing more awareness to support and warranty options, simplify code release process and increase education around license guidance and procurement.

Help get USDA to lead with APIs when it comes to America's parks

As part of this work I’m always on the look out for valuable public assets across city, state and federal government, and help make sure the conversations around these assets always include application programming interfaces, so that we aren’t just building web and mobile applications in silos, and limiting the potential for public access by individuals and small businesses.

Defaulting to open: A foundation for data-driven decisions

San Francisco Chief Data Officer Joy Bonaguro shares her vision for the city's open data future at the 2014 Code for America Summit.

Doubling down on government technology

We've recently seen an uptick in venture capital interest around government and civic technology startups, but before we enthusiastically celebrate these investments, we must ask ourselves whether this potential bubble will truly reshape government IT or simply leave us five years from now in the same place we are today.

Register for Data Transparency 2014

The Data Transparency Coalition will host Data Transparency 2014 on Tuesday, September 30, in Washington, D.C.