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Petition Launched To Get The White House To Open Source Healthcare.gov Code

Mike Masnick | Techdirt | October 21, 2013

After the disastrous technological launch of the healthcare.gov website, built by political cronies rather than companies who understand the internet, there has been plenty of discussion as to why the code wasn't open sourced. [...] And, now, a "We the People..." petition has been launched, asking the White House to open source the code to Healthcare.gov... Read More »

Programmers Volunteer To Help Fix Government’s Healthcare Website

S.E. Smith | Care2 | October 29, 2013

If there’s one thing programmers hate, it’s a broken website paired with a terrible user experience. It runs contrary to everything geeks, nerds and their ilk believe in, and often, their first instinct is to probe into the code, see what’s wrong and propose a suggestion. Read More »

Red Hat Summit: Open Source Trends, Cloud Outlook, Innovation And More

Anne Stuart | TechTarget | June 14, 2013

Open-source enthusiasts from around the world descended on Boston recently for the annual Red Hat Summit, an intensive technology conference sponsored by Red Hat Inc., a Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of Linux and open source technology. Read More »

Scalpel? Check. Swabs? Check. Open Source Robotic Surgeon? Pardon?

Adrian Bridgwater | Computer Weekly | January 20, 2012

Raven is also the first surgical robot to use open-source software as it runs a Linux-based operating system. The theory here then is that researchers (and perhaps even students) can work to modify and extend the original code with the aim of improving the system itself...

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Seeking Prior Art Where It Most Often Is Found In Software

Andy Oram | O'Reilly Radar | August 28, 2012

Open Invention Network plans to mine open source projects for patent busters Read More »

Seven Reasons For Choosing LibreOffice Over Microsoft Office

Bruce Byfield | Worldlabel.com | August 28, 2012

OK, LibreOffice is free for the download, and you can install it on as many different machines as you choose. But a free price and a free license aren’t much good if the software doesn’t have the features you want.Happily, that’s usually not a concern with LibreOffice or its predecessor, OpenOffice... Read More »

Should the DoD Buy Epic, or Cerner, or GE, or...?

Margalit Gur-Arie | On Health Care Technology | July 12, 2013

After a lengthy foray into building its own EHR from scratch (AHLTA) [...] and another shorter detour through the fantasy land of an open-source integrated EHR (iEHR) [...], the DoD announced that it will begin looking for a commercially available product to suit the DoD’s unique needs. Read More »

Should The DoD Buy Epic, Or Cerner, Or GE, Or…?

Margalit Gur-Arie | HIT Consultant | July 23, 2013

The Department of Defense (DoD) is in the market for an EHR solution… again. After a lengthy foray into building its own EHR from scratch (AHLTA), [...] and another shorter detour [...] with the Veteran Administration (VA), [...] the DoD announced that it will begin looking for a commercially available product to suit the DoD’s unique needs. Read More »

Sony Opens Up Sensor Framework for Developers

Staff Writer | IBTimes | August 23, 2012

Sony is set to make Dynamic Android Sensor HAL (DASH) available as an open source project for developers, according to Sony Mobile...The DASH is expected to provide source code files for custom ROM developers and to make files for the sensors in Xperia smartphones. Read More »

Sorry, Open Source Isn't The Panacea For HealthCare.gov

Matt Asay | ReadWrite | November 4, 2013

Open-source advocates think open source is the answer to all HealthCare.gov woes. But it's not that simple. Read More »

STEMI: DIY open access spider robot that teaches kids 3D modeling, robotics and code

Kira | 3ders.org | October 26, 2015

STEMI is a hexapod robot that is controlled with a smartphone app and moves quite like a spider. More than just a robot, however, STEMI is intended to be a learning experience, teaching users aged 13 and up the basics of 3D modeling, electronics, Arduino programming and mobile app programming—the kinds of skills they’ll require to shape our future. In the future, 3D printable custom covers will also be made available for those wanting to learn 3D printing technology. Though it is primarily intended for children, there’s no reason adult tinkerers can’t learn a little something, or just have fun with it, too.

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Sunlight Foundation's Eric Mill Scouts Out New Developments in Government

Jason Hibbets | opensource.com | August 1, 2012

Scout rapidly searches all kinds of government activity—bills, regulations, speeches—at the state and federal level, and can notify you about all of it.

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Swiss Assembly Wants Access To Source Code Of e-Gov Software

Gijs Hillenius | European Commission (EC) | June 28, 2013

Thirteen members of the Swiss parliament are asking the government to demand the right to adapt the source code of GEVER, the record management system commissioned by the government and under development since 2008. [...] Read More »

Ten Simple Rules For The Open Development Of Scientific Software

Andreas Prlić and James B. Procter | Computational Biology | December 6, 2012

Open-source software development has had significant impact, not only on society, but also on scientific research. Papers describing software published as open source are amongst the most widely cited publications [...]. It is surprising, therefore, that so few papers are accompanied by open software, given the benefits that this may bring. Read More »

Testing 1-2-3: Open-Source Tools To Ensure Quality Applications

Neil A. Chaudhuri | GCN | December 10, 2013

When the HealthCare.gov rollout did not quite go according to plan, much was made about the absence of “testing.” There have been myriad newspaper columns, cable talk show segments, even exchanges at congressional hearings dedicated to the topic. Though the attention is gratifying to a software guy like me, implicit in the discussion is the premise that testing is a monolithic activity to be performed once development is complete. Read More »