Open source
Open source on GovFresh.
Thoughts
Every government needs a web bot policy
Build your bot policy now and work with your digital team or vendor to implement it.
Fork in the code
Repository bureaucracy and how the general public can help preserve government technology assets.
Government release notes
A simple way to keep public service communications open, authentic and regular.
Government README
A simple practice can help give clarity to public sector projects and services, and how those impacted can engage with them.
Git government
True democracy – and great technology – is organic, collaborative, participatory, responsive, iterative, adaptive.
Podcast
Civic hacking with Carlos Moreno
A citizen journalist and civic technologist shares his experiences and lessons learned civic hacking.
Demos
ca.gov
State of California UX Design and Web Development Manager Artem Khomishen gives a demo of ca.gov.
Papers
California Alpha
How a short-term, experimental project scaled digital service innovation and impact across the State of California.
Briefs
Open data
A brief-ish explainer of open data.
Open source AI
A brief-ish explainer of open source artificial intelligence.
Open source software
A brief-ish explainer of open source software.
Direct message
Research
OpenACR
GovFresh research notes on OpenACR Editor.
Declaration for the Future of the Internet
GovFresh research notes on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.
Public AI
GovFresh research notes on public artificial intelligence.
Open Source AI Definition
GovFresh research notes on the Open Source Institute's Open Source AI Definition.
SOMOSA Act
GovFresh research notes on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act.
SHARE IT Act
GovFresh research notes on the SHARE IT Act.
Open source
GovFresh research notes on open source software.
Open source security
GovFresh research notes on open source security.
Open innovation
GovFresh research notes on open innovation.
Open government
GovFresh research notes on open government.
OSCAL
GovFresh research notes on the Open Security Controls Assessment Language.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
GovFresh research notes on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework.
Signal
GovFresh building a government WordPress theme
Despite the fact that millions of websites around the world today are powered by low- and no-cost open source content management systems, nearly all small city governments remain trapped in the 90s. To date, however, this need hasn't adequately been served, and we need to change this. We can change this.
Introducing GovPress
After several years of talking about and conceptualizing, and months of development, I'm proud to formally (and finally) release GovPress, a simple, elegant WordPress theme for government.
New GovPress update
After a long hiatus, GovPress -- the WordPress theme for government -- has been updated.
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Retrospecting 2022
Building community, civic hacking with my son, pedigree and public interest technology.
White House wants your input on open source software security
A 'civic opportunity to help shape the government’s thinking about open-source software security.'
World CityCamp Day 2025
A global movement of community-focused events that foster civic collaboration and innovation
