The People’s Code (White House blog)

US Chief Information Officer Tony Scott introducesthe Federal Source Code Policy,on the White House blog. "By making source code available forsharing and re-use across Federal agencies, we can avoid duplicative customsoftware purchases and promote innovation and collaboration across Federalagencies. By opening more of our code to the brightest minds inside andoutside of government, we can enable them to work together to ensure thatthe code is reliable and effective in furthering our nationalobjectives. And we can do all of this while remaining consistent with theFederal Government's long-standing policy of technology neutrality, throughwhich we seek to ensure that Federal investments in IT are merit-based,improve the performance of our government, and create value for theAmerican people." (Thanks to David A. Wheeler)