IOUs from Code.gov - collected at the meeting
- 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!).
- 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 - no December meeting, next meeting is January 16th
- 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 but OMB will extend pilot indefinitely in new Automated Tech Policy
- Asking agencies to email OMB about new policy
- DOE told me OMB said the policy will be sent out for review
- Completing quarterly agency phone calls - about 1/2 way finished for Nov.
- Updates to platform - Sara Cope, Code.gov’s Front-End Engineer
- A new front-end release went out on Nov. 19 (release notes). Updates include:
- Added the repo name to the Open Tasks listing for each project
- Added the organization name to the Browse Projects listing for each project
- Added Cypress to the front-end for automated end-to-end testing (if interested in user testing this feature please email [email protected])
- Fixed a few typos & bugs
- A new front-end release went out on Nov. 20 (release notes).
- Updates included:
- Added the 2 most recent code.gov blog posts to the News section on the home page
- Metadata schema meeting
- Scheduled for 12/11 at 2pm
- Send email to Joe or Amin if you would like to participate
- Updates by Nicole Williams, Code.gov’s Comms Chief
- Code.gov’s latest blogs: Happy 3rd Birthday Code.gov (With links to Webinar/Slides), The SBA and Open Source A Perfect Fit for Small Business
- ICYMI - Articles of Note:
- Upcoming Blogs: A.I. Guidelines, Code.gov/21st Century IDEA
- Upcoming Social Media: Cyber Monday (12/2), National Cookie Day (12/4), Hour of Code (12/9)
- Follow Us on Twitter, Linkedin, Medium
- FSCS - Federal Source Code Study
- Wrapping up data analysis and validating, finalizing draft for publication.
- Release planned for January.
- Software Productivity and Quality Working Group
- Includes BLS, NASA, NIST, DOD, GSA
- Monthly calls with demos, super geeky conversations on code value and quality.
- Speak with Peter Meyer at BLS if interested in joining.
- Harvard code valuation project
- Planned for Spring.
- Exploratory research to value software - value to agency, public, cost, reuse, etc.
- Ask for help from this community for interviews and artifacts, SMEs on code creation and reuse.
- Federal Source Code Toolkit
- Planned for Spring w/ release at the Spring Federal Source Code Summit
- Establish workgroup
- 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.
- DOE - growing inventory and placing new one on Code.gov
- NASA - Justin Gosses - calculating labor hours
- Sara Cope spoke at GitHub Universe on Shaping the Contributor Experience
- Karen Trebon spoke at RedHat event in DC - peaked interest in Open Tasks