Free & Open Source Software in Government with Code.mil

Join the Code.mil team for a discussion on open source in government and a look at the important work they’ve been doing on Code.mil to enable greater adoption of open source at the DoD.

They will cover:

• What is open source and why is it so important?
• How can open source code reduce risk, cost and time to delivery?
• A look at common myths of open source in government
• What is the goal of Code.mil? How does it tie into the larger view of open source software in government?

The Code.mil team will give an overview of the recent refresh of Code.mil where it’s possible to contribute code and see it go live almost immediately! This refresh empowers the DoD to accelerate open source participation across government and improve open source guidance.

About Code.mil

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces unique challenges in open sourcing its code. Unlike most software projects, code written by U.S. Federal government employees typically does not have copyright protections under U.S. and some international laws. This can make it difficult to attach an open source license to our code. The Defense Digital Service (DDS) has been working with DoD and the open source community since early 2017 to develop a guideline for supporting open source software (OSS) within the Department. This guidance and the effort to catalog these open source efforts is what we call Code.mil.

Speakers

• Ari Chivukula: Policy wrangler working with the US Digital Service team at Department of Defense in cloud security, cyber warfare, and open source.
• Jordan Kasper: Evangelist, developer, community organizer, open sourcer (and he’s been called worse). Currently improving tech at the US Digital Service.

Related resources

• Getting Started with Code.mil
• How to Open Source
• Code.mil - the GSA team behind the cross-agency OSS tracking established by OMB M-16-21 (section 5)
• Discover how you can get involved with Code.gov