Open Source
Tools and Services
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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 data management.
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Code.gov
A collection of federal source code including open source software.
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Data.gov
Data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications.
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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 American public.
Join a Community of Practice
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U.S. Web Design System
A community for anyone building federal websites with the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) or considering it for a future project.
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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Working to advance the cause of APIs in the federal government.
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OpenGov
The Interagency Open Government Community of Practice is where we talk about transparency, open-participation, and collaboration across agencies.
News and Events on Open Source
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Supporting inclusive language through automation
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18F Checks in With the Dawson Project at the U.S. Tax Court
In December 2020, the United States Tax Court introduced DAWSON, a modern open-source case management system developed with assistance from an industry partner and 18F. DAWSON streamlined Court operations and changed the way the public interacts with the Court. — via 18F

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The 18F Engineering Sandwich for Cloud-based Web Apps
The 18F Engineering Sandwich for Cloud-based Web Apps—18F Engineering is often thought of as a technology shop, but that’s too broad. There are very few technology choices we actually make at the project level, so, more often than not, we combine a limited set of technologies to make our applications. To explain this, we’ll use the metaphor of a sandwich shop. — via 18F

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Open-source Information Architecture Design: Using the Tools You Have To Conduct Card Sorting and Tree Testing
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Webinar Recap: U.S. Web Design System October 2021 Monthly Call
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Discovery BPA Evaluation Process: How to Operationalize this Practice
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Spotlight Story: Pioneering Open Source at the CFPB
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
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
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