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.
By Luke Fretwell
Fork in the code
Repository bureaucracy and how the general public can help preserve government technology assets.
By Luke Fretwell
Government release notes
A simple way to keep public service communications open, authentic and regular.
By Luke Fretwell
Government README
A simple practice can help give clarity to public sector projects and services, and how those impacted can engage with them.
By Luke Fretwell
Git government
True democracy – and great technology – is organic, collaborative, participatory, responsive, iterative, adaptive.
By Luke Fretwell
Podcast
California Alpha (Part 2)
Going Alpha.
#14
California Alpha (Part 1)
Setting an Alpha foundation with Angie Quirarte.
#11
Civic hacking with Carlos Moreno
A citizen journalist and civic technologist shares his experiences and lessons learned civic hacking.
#10
Demos
Project ScanGov
Project ScanGov co-maintainer Luke Fretwell gives a demo of the latest updates.
Watch
ca.gov
State of California UX Design and Web Development Manager Artem Khomishen gives a demo of ca.gov.
Watch
Data.gov metrics dashboard
Data.gov Product Manager Tim Lowden demos the new metrics dashboard.
Watch
Papers
California Alpha
How a short-term, experimental project scaled digital service innovation and impact across the State of California.
Open civic organizations
A deep dive on open civic organizations.
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
Ryan Wold
Public servant
Jarah Meador
Director of Challenge.Gov + CitizenScience.Gov
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
5 principles of government software development
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World CityCamp Day 2025
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July 21, 2025
Books
Working in Public
The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
By Nadia Eghbal
Read Write Own
Building the Next Era of the Internet
By Chris Dixon
The Open Organization
Igniting Passion and Performance
By Jim Whitehurst