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    "title" : "GitHub for Government Recap |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"GitHub for Government Recap","summary" : "As the definition of “developer” has grown and expanded, GitHub has become a place where anyone can do simple collaboration. It’s a free social network that tracks changes to any data, not just code, where stakeholders and developers can work on the same data simultaneously. Project Open Data, a cross-agency initiative developed by the White House,","date" : "2014-03-05T11:11:39-04:00","date_modified" : "2024-04-02T09:45:13-04:00","authors" : {"andreanocesigritz" : "Andrea Sigritz"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/cm-topics-button-component/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-05-github-for-government-recap.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/cm-topics-button-component/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-05-github-for-government-recap.md","slug" : "github-for-government-recap","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cm-topics-button-component/2014/03/05/github-for-government-recap/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eAs the definition of “developer” has grown and expanded, GitHub has become a place where anyone can do simple collaboration. It’s a \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cm-topics-button-component/resources/negotiated-terms-of-service-agreements/\"\u003efree social network\u003c/a\u003e that tracks changes to any data, not just code, where stakeholders and developers can work on the same data simultaneously.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://project-open-data.github.io/\"\u003eProject Open Data\u003c/a\u003e, a cross-agency initiative developed by the White House, that looks at how to manage information as an asset in the 21st century, is powered by GitHub. Policy decisions have been made by people working in open data in government based on these discussions. They can see what’s happening on both sides: policy \u0026amp; code all in one place.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever tried GitHub? Noah Kunin, from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, walked us through the platform, including some government-specific resources.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/GitHub-recording.png\"\n    alt=\"Understanding the GitHub Workflow\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere are some of the highlights from the recent \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cm-topics-button-component/events/\"\u003eDigitalGov University webinar\u003c/a\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to create a new issue \u0026amp; reopen old issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to assign people\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to search \u0026amp; filter for issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to submit a pull request\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to find the history of changes made to the data\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RCto1Ss6Uk]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd don’t forget to check out the Best Practices in \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/government/welcome\"\u003eGitHub for Government\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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