18F and OSS in the U.S. Federal Government (Changelog Interviews #230)

From 18F — Hillary Hartley and Aidan Feldman joined the show to talk about how 18F is changing the way the federal government builds and buys digital services.

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Featuring:

• Hillary Hartley – GitHub, X
• Aidan Feldman – GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• The Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program brings the innovation economy into government, by pairing talented, diverse technologists and innovators with top civil-servants and change-makers within the federal government.
• The White House’s Presidential Innovation Fellows program on Twitter
• The Changelog #157: Building Bridges with Sarah Allen
• The CC0 1.0 license - “Additionally, we waive copyright and related rights in the work worldwide through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.”
• cloud.gov - The Government Innovation platform by government developers, for government developers.
• analytics.usa.gov on GitHub
• 18F on GitHub
• The System for Award Management (SAM) - certification for working as a vendor for the U.S. government
• FedRAMP Ready Products
• The Washington Post - Why a federal high-tech start-up is a money loser
• Tom VanAntwerp on Medium - 18F is Hardly a Waste of Money
• Join one of 18F’s Slack rooms
• code.gov is the next milestone in federal open source code
• Micro-purchase
• Micro-purchase stats page
• 18F Guides
• 18F Open Source Style Guide

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