[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Open Source for America Newsletter

[Tyler Mitchell]

In case you aren't already aware of the OSFA...

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> From: "General announcement list (low traffic)" <osa-announce at opensourceforamerica.org>
> Date: August 22, 2011 11:01:20 AM PDT
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> Subject: [OSA-Announce] Open Source for America Newsletter
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> OSFA 2nd Annual Awards
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> 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.
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> 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!!
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> 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!
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> 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 melaniechernoff at gmail.com.
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> News & Articles:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> Why the Next SF Mayor Needs to Understand Open Government
> Contributing Code Back: FCC.gov’s Open-Source Feedback Loop
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> OSFA events:
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> GOSCON – 2011 DC Event with Innovation Nation Forum
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> August 23, 2011 @ DC Convention Center, Washington, DC
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> The 7th annual GOSCON will be held at the Washington Convention Center collocated with Innovation Nation Forum.
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> 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. 
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> GOSCON Track details:
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> 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]
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> 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]
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> 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]
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> Mil-OSS WG3 2011 – Military Open Source Software
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> August 30 – September 1, 2011 @ GTRI Conference Center, Atlanta, GA
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> FOSS4G – Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
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> September 12-16, 2011 @ Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, CO
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> FedTalks 2011 Conference
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> October 11, 2011 @ Warner Theatre, Washington, DC
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> Featuring OSFA 2nd Annual Awards!
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> Past event: July 25-29, 2011, OSCON, Portland, OR
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> See photos in the Flickr set
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> For additional events, please see our Upcoming Events @ http://opensourceforamerica.org/
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> Melanie Chernoff
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> Open Source for America
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