evonfriedland's comments

Of possible interest, I used the GitHub API a few months back to see what was actually happening with the code government agencies were committing to GitHub (reuse, contribution patterns, licensing, etc). I ended up writing up some of my observations in a post [1] and 18F blog [2].

[1]: https://emanuelfeld.github.io/blog/2016/04/27/government-git...

[2]: https://18f.gsa.gov/2016/06/16/emanuel-feld-talks-about-his-...

The DC municipal government actually has a Github organization (https://github.com/dcgov) and has been attempting to pilot open source development (http://open.dc.gov/open-source-guidelines/) throughout the city. I helped write that document, which was inspired by/borrowed from 18F policy. Take up has so far been limited, though some agencies have been using Github Pages.

I wrote this up, if anyone has any questions or feedback. Thanks!