Open Source
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Resources.Data.gov —An online repository of policies, schema standards, tools, best practices, and case studies to provide agencies with resources for federal …
Code.gov —A collection of federal source code including open source software.
Data.gov —Data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications.
U.S. Web Design System —A toolkit of principles, guidance, and code that helps agency digital teams build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the …
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Open Source —A federal government community interested in source code and open source software (OSS).
U.S. Web Design System —Making it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the public.
APIs —Working to advance the cause of APIs in the federal government
OpenGov —The Interagency Open Government Community of Practice is where we talk about transparency, open-participation, and collaboration across …
News and Events on Open Source
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Discovery BPA Evaluation Process: How to Operationalize this Practice
Operating Cloud Services Efficiently with Business-Driven IT

Spotlight Story: Pioneering Open Source at the CFPB—Open source software is a fundamental aspect of how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has served the public in its short history. In April of 2012, nine months after opening its doors, they released their source code policy, based on the work of the Department of Defense, along with their first two open source projects. Just six days later, they accepted their first pull request. Though a minor change, this was the first documented contribution to a federal government open source codebase by a member of the public. — via Code.gov

Federal Source Code Study Series — Read the first article of the Federal Source Codes Study (FSCS) series. The FSCS was a three-year study that examined the federal government’s effort in implementing the Federal Source Code Policy and open sourcing software. — via Code.gov
Experimenting with the Micro-Purchase Threshold
Intro to Cloud Foundry on Cloud.gov
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 7: Crowdsourcing for Code

Code.gov breaks down the latest USWDS 2.0 release with highlights of the most important features that will help teams build better websites for the American public. — via Code.gov