- Thank you for joining today!
- Purpose: This is a forum to learn from each other, not about compliance but about realizing the benefits of engaging with the public and releasing software.
- Programming note - next meeting is March 19th (Always 3rd Thursday of the month.).
- Meeting info. sent through Code.gov listserv.
- Sign up for CODE listserv - [email protected]. Leave the subject and body blank.
- There was a request for a Slack channel for communication among the CoP outside the listserv. We use 18F Slack (really TTS now) and our channel is #code-gov-partners. Anyone with a .gov and .mil can join. Send a message to Amin Mehr ([email protected]) requesting to be added to the channel.
- Peter Meyer's email ([email protected]) for those interested in participating in the Software Productivity and Quality Working Group.
- As requested, here is the agency liaison list. Please keep me ([email protected]) and Amin ([email protected]) updated on required changes (a PR works too!).
- Policy (M-16-21) continues - agencies have to create policy, update acquisition language to capture new custom code, and inventory code and post inventory on root directory.
- 20% pilot expired in August 2019 but OMB will extend pilot indefinitely in new Automated Tech Policy.
- Asking agencies to email OMB about new policy - Rebecca Williams ([email protected]).
- Updates to platform
- Updating front-end to USWDS. About 80% finished.
- Various component and vulnerability updates.
- Helpful resource - Snyk/Forrester webinar - ROI of Open Source Security.
- Metadata schema meeting
- Held meeting on 1/22.
- Posted meeting minutes on GitHub.
- Send email to Joe ([email protected]) or Amin ([email protected]) if you would like to participate.
- Updates by Nicole Williams, Code.gov’s Comms Chief.
- Federal Source Code Conference April 16, 2020 @ GSA in DC and virtual!
- ICYMI:
- Upcoming Blogs: Community Building in Open Source, Diversity In Code (Black History Month), Women in Code (Women’s History) NOTE: For those wishing to contribute to these blogs please contact me on Slack @NicoleYvonneWilliams or at [email protected].
- Upcoming Social Media: Mardi Gras, Women’s History Month, March Madness, Pi Day
- Follow Us on Twitter, Linkedin, Medium.
- FSCS - Federal Source Code Study
- Finished project, making some minor tweaks.
- Release planned for April, shortly after 4/9.
- Software Productivity and Quality Working Group (SPSQ) coordinated by OSTP/NITRD
- Includes BLS, NASA, NIST, DOD, GSA
- Monthly calls with presentations on software engineering research and some relation to economics of software
- Speak with Peter Meyer ([email protected]) at BLS if interested in joining.
- Federal Source Code Toolkit
- Planned for Spring w/ release at the Spring Federal Source Code Summit.
- Looking for feedback on current MD files.
- Spring Federal Source Code Summit - For Feds by Feds, hosted at GSA w/ virtual component, 1/2 day in the morning, April 16th, 2020. - Topics based on FSCS study and input from this community - looking for ideas and speakers.
- Registration site with agenda coming very soon!
- DOE published new Code.json file.
- SSA - Code Documentation Day 2020 - Held Thursday, 1/23, at SSA. Contact Joe Amalfitano ([email protected]) for more info.
- Sara Cope promoted to lead Digital.gov. Karen Trebon offered new position in TTS.