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! Software development as civic service Why the government doesn’t use open source (and why we need your help to change that) Ben Balter government.github.com [email protected]
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!Software development as civic service
Why the government doesn’t use open source (and why we need your help to change that)
Ben Balter government.github.com
!Where we are
How we got there Why we shouldn’t be there
What you can do to help get us out
!Where we are (everything you don’t want to know about how government works)
!People | Process | Product
!People
The way we approach technology
The way (some) agencies approach technology
Agency workflowPolicy
Executive Program manager
COTRCO OGC
Project Manager
DevelopersDesigners
ComplianceSales
(subcontractors)
CISO
SAOP
508Government
Contractor
!What’s missing?
Open Source workflow
User need
Developer
Designer
UX
Ship
!Process
Open Source tools
Version Control Git
Project Management GitHub, Pivotal Tracker, etc.
Methodology Lean/Agile
Deliverable Repository
Government tools
Version Control Email
Project Management Email
Methodology Just get it done
Deliverable CD-ROM (in triplicate)
!Product
Open source technologies
OS Linux
Server Apache
Database MySQL
Language PHP
Framework WordPress/Drupal
Government technologies
OS Windows
Server IIS
Database MSSQL
Language ASP.net
Framework Umbraco
“Enterprise-grade solutions”
!Less technical expertise
Less user focus Less tooling
!How we got there (a.k.a why doesn’t the government use open source)
!Platform | Publishing | Procurement
!Using open source platforms
F.U.D
Government-specific requirements
Dedicated Sales Teams
Reinventing the wheel
!Publishing open source code
Workflow
Risk-averse culture
Command and Control culture
Transparency as a Liability
!Procuring open source resources
!“Why change now?
It’s worked for three decades!”
!Closed source platform Uphill battle to publish Procurement by habit
!Why we shouldn’t be there (or what government can learn from open source)
!Source | Data | Government
!Open source (code)
!Open Data
!Open Government
!These are the exception
not the rule.
(for now)
!Take open source workflows
Apply them to code, data, law
!What you can do to help (unless, of course, you hate freedom)
!People | Process | Product
!Product
Open source hobbyists
Open source suits
!Process
TrollsOpen source
Open source welcome
Open source hand holding
!People
Open source Education
Closed source as a political liability
!Serious products
Low-risk processes People who get it
Where we are
How we got there
Why we don’t want to be there
What you can do to help
What you can do to help
What you can do to help
!Software development as civic service
Why the government doesn’t use open source (and why we need your help to change that)
Ben Balter government.github.com
