Signal
What's on our radar.
The federal government is giving away free .gov domains to all official U.S. government entities
The DotGov Program, which administers .gov top-level domain assignments to official U.S. government entities, now offers the service for free.
How NASA and the open source community helped a helicopter achieve lift-off on Mars
GitHub has a great write-up of how open source community contributions played a key role in helping NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter achieve lift-off on Mars.
Biden nominates Robin Carnahan to be next GSA administrator
President Biden has nominated digital government innovator Robin Carnahan as the next administrator of General Services Administration.
Backpacks, bean bags and blue jeans: My take on 'tech titans,' 18F and USDS
Apparently, in 2021, there are people who still refuse to recognize the holistic, energetic and sustainable impact 18F and the U.S. Digital Services has -- and continues to have -- on keeping the federal government digital services industry and profession relevant and attractive to highly-qualified designers, developers, product and project managers and anyone generally interested in well-functioning U.S. Government technology.
Roadmapping government websites
What's great about about the public roadmap, particularly for large government institutions, is that they show there is a plan, but they are also a powerful demonstration of civic openness.