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Meeting Minutes - 7/16/2020

Welcome

  • Thank you for joining today!
  • Purpose: This is a forum to learn from each other about the benefits of sharing and open sourcing software.

Programming Notes

  1. Next meeting is August 20th (Always 3rd Thursday of the month.).
    • Meeting information sent via Code.gov listserv.
    • Sign up for CODE listserv - [email protected]. Leave the subject and body blank.
  2. We have the #code-gov-partners Slack channel for real-time collaboration. Anyone with a .gov and .mil email address can join. Send an email addition request to Amin Mehr ([email protected]).
  3. Here is our current agency liaison list.

Updates to the Code.gov platform

  • Anna Zhang, our Coding It Forward Fellow, joined us from Yale University where she is studying Computing and the Arts. She has worked on commercial projects with Fujifilm and Conde Nast. She is assisting with completion of USWDS integration.
  • Ongoing release notes.
  • Future items: Updated metadata schema, M-16-21 compliance metrics, engagement metrics based on agency inventory and GH API, and AI labeling.

Current news

By Nicole Williams, Code.gov’s Comms Chief.

Current engagements

  • Federal Source Code Study is now live!
    • Three year study of agency implementation of the Federal Source Code Policy (FSCP).
    • Findings show agencies struggle with technology and policy implementation because of organizational factors.
    • Code.gov is planning future blog posts and speaking engagements presenting the study.
  • Software Productivity and Quality Working Group (SPSQ) coordinated by OSTP/NITRD.
    • Includes participants from NSF, NIST, DOD/NRL, DOD/ARL, NIH, GSA.
    • Monthly calls often with presentations on gov-funded software engineering research or economics of software.
    • Contact Peter Meyer ([email protected]) if interested in joining.
  • Federal Source Code Toolkit.
    • Looking for contributions on current documents.
  • Code.gov to conduct quarterly check-ins with agencies.
    • Amin started reaching out to agency liaisons.
    • Interested in how code is being reused across your agency and across government.
  • Chief Data Officer (CDO) Council Project Proposal
    • Teamed up with NASA to request funding for COVID-19 related project.
    • Project start in FY2021.

Events

Kudos

  • DOE, CFPB, NASA for working with the Code.gov team on new Spotlight Stories.