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Meeting Minutes - 2/20/2020

Welcome

  • 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.

IOUs from Code.gov - collected at the meeting in December

  1. 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.
  2. Peter Meyer's email ([email protected]) for those interested in participating in the Software Productivity and Quality Working Group.
  3. 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!).

OMB update on FSCP

  • 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.

Updates to Code.gov

Current news

  • 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.

Current engagements

  • 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.

Events

  • 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!

Kudos

  • 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.