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Interactive map on environmental justice in the United States
Back in February, the White House published a beta version of an open source environmental justice tool that features an interactive map of communities in the United States and indicators on climate…
NEWSCreated: 28/04/2022Updated Date: 28/04/2022
Diverse stakeholders convened to discuss paths to improvement
On 13 January the White House organised a meeting on improving security of open source software with actors representing governmental agencies, private sector and open source foundations…
NEWSCreated: 17/02/2022Updated Date: 17/02/2022
The U.S. Department of Defence has published new guidelines for the internal use of open source for cyber defence purposes
The U.S. Department of Defence CIO urged the Department to prefer open source over proprietary solutions. On 24 January 2022, the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) Chief Information Officer John…
NEWSCreated: 16/02/2022Updated Date: 18/02/2022
Agency within Department of Defense, US, still has an active open source community after seven years
The forensic network analysis project Dshell is one of the 24 repositories published by DEVCOM on Github. This Army Laboratory has opened its software projects to get feedback from external partners…
NEWSCreated: 24/08/2021Updated Date: 24/08/2021
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation launched the Inclusive Naming Initiative for an inclusive programming language.
The Inclusive Naming Initiative aims to help create international standards for the replacement of non-inclusive and harmful IT language with neutral terms, and share them to both industry and public…
NEWSCreated: 11/06/2021Updated Date: 15/06/2021
Global Open Source healthcare IT-platform started in a local healthcare center
The communities behind OpenMRS count more than 3.000 individuals online and several public and private partnerships. OpenMRS is more than electricity-to-paper. It is a dynamic platform that are…
NEWSCreated: 19/03/2021Updated Date: 08/05/2021
Linux landed on Mars
The drone helicopter Ingenuity, landed on Mars on February 18, represents a success for the Open Source community, as it runs on a Linux operating system and is based on an Open Source Software…
NEWSCreated: 24/02/2021Updated Date: 24/02/2021
Public and private sector collaboration for creating new mobility standards
Under the pressure of increased population, greening initiatives and technological progress, mobility in cities is fast evolving. The Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) was founded to help shape this…
NEWSCreated: 20/01/2021Updated Date: 20/01/2021
EU, US to collaborate on open data re-use
The European Commission, represented by DG Connect, and the US government, represented by the Department of Commerce, have announced a joint-project to enhance the re-use of data between the two areas…
NEWSCreated: 30/11/2016Updated Date: 30/11/2016
US federal source code repository about to be launched
The code.gov portal will be launched soon, Olivier Kamanda told his audience this week at one of MIT Media Lab's MLTalks, where he and several other participants in the US Presidential Innovation…
NEWSCreated: 13/10/2016Updated Date: 13/10/2016
Maker Faires in Berlin and Galicia this weekend
This weekend, parallel to the World Maker Faire in New York, two similar events are taking place in Europe. In Berlin, Germany, over 900 makers at more than 200 booths will exhibit to an expected…
NEWSCreated: 27/09/2016Updated Date: 27/09/2016
SoldiPubblici one of OGP showcases awarded star status
SoldiPubblici, an open data portal providing the public with information on Italian government expenditure, has been acknowledged as a "star" commitment by the Open Government Partnership (OGP). In…
NEWSCreated: 01/08/2016Updated Date: 01/08/2016