Open Source

Inside the Government's Open Source Software Conundrum

How do agencies make sure the crowdsourced code that underlies nearly every piece of tech on the market is safe to use?

  • By Jack Corrigan

Innovation From Within: How One Employee-Built Tool is Revolutionizing VA  

An open source tool called LEAF is saving the Veterans Affairs Department time, resources and perhaps millions in taxpayer dollars.

  • By Frank Konkel

The Pentagon's Drones May Soon Run on Open Source Software

The Defense Innovation Unit is exploring whether a popular commercial platform could help the military keep up with the rapidly advancing drone industry.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Understanding Today’s Mobile Software Supply Chain Risks

The reality is that supply chain risk is also a concern in the software frontier.

  • By Tim LeMaster

Seizing the Opportunity to Close the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Here's how the public sector could get a leg up on competing for cybersecurity talent.

  • By Dave Egts

IARPA Is Trying Keep Adversaries From Corrupting AI Tools

Could cyber adversaries be training the government’s artificial intelligence tools to fail?

  • By Jack Corrigan

Bypassing Procurement Can Introduce Some Unwanted Visitors

Agencies need to make sure they vet open source code for vulnerabilities before they use it.

  • By Dave Egts

IBM Buys RedHat in $34 Billion Deal

One of the biggest tech acquisitions ever revolves around cloud computing.

  • By Frank Konkel

Microsoft Finalizes Its Purchase of Github

What's next for the open-source software platform?

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter Unite to Make More Portable Data

The tech companies are joining forces to allow users to download and transfer data more easily.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

DHS Looks to Improve Cyber Capabilities for Financial Services

The Homeland Security Department’s innovation unit is seeing how open-source technology can defend from emerging threats.

  • By Frank R. Konkel

Microsoft Has Agreed to Buy GitHub for $7.5 billion

The acquisition of GitHub will likely strengthen Microsoft’s cloud services offerings.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

A New Open-Source Framework for Government Projects

Louisville, Kentucky is making the infrastructure for analyzing historic Waze data available to anyone who partners on the process.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

R and Python Are Joining Forces, in the Most Ambitious Crossover Event of the Year—For Programmers

R and Python are essential tools for data scientists working at tech platforms.

  • By Dan Kopf, Quartz

DHS Funds Tech to Root Out Malware in Government Mobile Apps

The tool, developed with Red Hat, is one of several the department is touting at the RSA Cybersecurity conference.

  • By Joseph Marks

Subscription-Based IT is Coming—And That’s A Good Thing For Federal Agencies

The trend should help agencies address many of the IT challenges they confront.

  • By Pete Tseronis

Now That Most Artifacts Are Digital, Software Experts Need to Play Archeologist

"Software powers business, it powers government, it powers culture."

  • By Karen Hao, Quartz

Defense Department (Re)Launches Open Source Software Portal

The Code.mil open source initiative got a makeover and a new website: Code.mil.

  • By Aaron Boyd

The Source Code for the iPhone Leaked Online

Researchers believe the code to be real, and could be a significant security leak

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

What Happens When You Can't Share or Access Your Own Data?

Agencies can avoid vendor lock-in with hybrid open source software.

  • By Christine Kerns

Google Gave the World Powerful AI Tools, and the World Made Porn With Them

The dark side of open source.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz