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> From: "General announcement list (low traffic)" > <osa-annou...@opensourceforamerica.org> > Date: August 22, 2011 11:01:20 AM PDT > To: osa-annou...@opensourceforamerica.org > Subject: [OSA-Announce] Open Source for America Newsletter > Reply-To: no-re...@opensourceforamerica.org > > OSFA 2nd Annual Awards > > OSFA recently celebrated its second anniversary, and once again we will > recognize the individuals, projects and deployments that support our mission > to encourage free and open source software in the US government. Stay tuned > to find out how you can nominate your favorite person or project who has > contributed to open source adoption in government! We'll send out an email > later this week with more details. > > > New OSFA website – The new site has launched! Please visit and create your > login to begin contributing today. Major kudos to the Infrastructure group > for this extensive project!! > > > An Open Farewell to Vivek Kundra > Open Source for America crafted an Open Farewell letter to Vivek Kundra, as a > way of thanking him for all he’s done for open source in the Federal > government. Add your comments, and we'll make sure he gets your message! > > > OSFA needs volunteers! > Open Source for America is a completely volunteer-run organization. Are you > a tech person interested in helping support the website? Do you have > marketing or PR experience to help us communicate better with press and our > membership? Are you a policy wonk who enjoys diving into arcane government > procurement rules? If so, we need you! OSFA has various subcommittees, and > all of them could use your help. If you're interested in volunteering, or > learning more about volunteer opportunities with OSFA, contact Melanie > Chernoff at melaniechern...@gmail.com. > > > News & Articles: > > Open Technology Development: Lessons Learned & Best Practices for Military > Software > The purpose of this document is to help U.S. government personnel and > contractors implement open technology development (OTD) for software within > government projects, particularly in defense. > > OTD is an approach to software/system development in which developers in > different military, federal, commercial and possibly public organizations can > collaboratively develop and maintain software or a system in a decentralized > fashion. OTD depends on open standards and interfaces, open source software > and designs, collaborative and distributed online tools, and technological > agility. Download the full report > > The VA Awards Contract for VistA Custodial Agent > The Veterans Affairs Department has selected a Reston, Va. small business to > be the custodial agent managing open-source efforts to modernize the > department's longstanding electronic health record system. ... The custodial > agent is expected to play a major role in updating the Veterans Health > Information Systems Technology Architecture (VistA), which is written in > “MUMPS” computer code, VA officials have said. The agent would manage an open > source “ecosystem” of application developers that will be involved in > creating open source-coded applications that would either replace or augment > portions of VistA. Full article > > > Why the Next SF Mayor Needs to Understand Open Government > Contributing Code Back: FCC.gov’s Open-Source Feedback Loop > > > OSFA events: > > GOSCON – 2011 DC Event with Innovation Nation Forum > > August 23, 2011 @ DC Convention Center, Washington, DC > > The 7th annual GOSCON will be held at the Washington Convention Center > collocated with Innovation Nation Forum. > > The August 23rd event ncludes a great lineup of all-agency leadership – from > the FCC to the White House, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, > NASA, DHS, the States of Oregon and Maryland and more. > > GOSCON Track details: > > Cost Take Out: Where are the Savings in Open Source? > • Greg Elin, Chief Data Officer, Federal Communications Commission > • Tiffany Smith Licciardi, eDiplomacy, U.S. Department of State > • Dr. David A. Wheeler, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses > • Alexander B. Howard, Gov 2.0 Correspondent, O’Reilly Media [Moderator] > > Building Outside the Box: Leading Federal Agency Innovators > • Matthew Burton, Office of the CIO, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau > • Scott Goodwin, Chief Information Officer for Space Operations, National > Aeronautics and Space Administration > • Dr. Douglas Maughan, Director, Cyber Security Division, Department of > Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate > • Wayne Moses Burke, Executive Director, Open Forum Foundation [Moderator] > > Open Source Lessons Learned: What the Feds can Learn from State and Local Gov > • Carolyn Lawson, Chief Information Officer, Oregon Health Authority > • Bryan Sivak, Chief Innovation Office, State of Maryland > • Chris Vein, Executive Officer of the President > • Deborah Bryant, Public Sector Communities Manager, Oregon State University > Open Source Lab [moderator] > > > Mil-OSS WG3 2011 – Military Open Source Software > > August 30 – September 1, 2011 @ GTRI Conference Center, Atlanta, GA > > > > FOSS4G – Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial > > September 12-16, 2011 @ Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, CO > > > > FedTalks 2011 Conference > > October 11, 2011 @ Warner Theatre, Washington, DC > > Featuring OSFA 2nd Annual Awards! > > > > Past event: July 25-29, 2011, OSCON, Portland, OR > > See photos in the Flickr set > > > > For additional events, please see our Upcoming Events @ > http://opensourceforamerica.org/ > > > > > Sent by > Melanie Chernoff > on behalf of > Open Source for America > _______________________________________________ > OSA-announce mailing list > osa-annou...@opensourceforamerica.org > http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osa-announce
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