Open Source @CFPB--A Case Study

[virtix]

Tell the story of how we got to where we are today, using a timeline/sequence. Some topics to consider covering are below. Make sure to cover the more difficult challenges and address gaps and vision for the future.

• OS Definition
• Licensing
• Procurement
• FTE + OSS model vs. RFP
• Policy story
• Open by default
• Implementation
  • Hosting
  • internal
  • external
  • Publishing
  • problem with keeping multiple repos in synch
  • problem with having an open source version (public version) and private version
    • efficiency of development
  • Workflow details
  • code reviews
  • pull requests
  • issue tracking
  • build and deployment
  • versioning releases
  • automated tests
  • continuous integration (Travis and Jenkins)
• Privacy, PRA, and PII
  • SORN
• Security
  • vulnerability risk
• Software Quality and Agency Reputation
• Accepting contributions / public collaboration
• Working with other agencies
  • DoD, WH, OMB, GSA, NASA,LoC
  • Fragmentation. Inconsistent.

    General questions to answer in the study

• What's missing?
• What's the strategy for the future?
• **What were the biggest hurdles?
• What is the impact to the Bureau, to other agencies?
• How can other business practices benefit from the open source collaboration model?
  • What are the risks?
• How does open source relate to and integrate with the Open Government and Open Data initiatives?

[bletalien]

Wow, that's a lot! But still, I have a few questions:

• Did records management come into play?
• What surprises did CFPB encounter?
• What was the funding situation?

[virtix]

@bletalien Great questions. We'll make sure to include them in the draft. Keep those thoughts and questions coming!

[jpyuda]

I love it, though this seems more like a series than a single post.

I'd love to help however I can.

[marcesher]

:100:

[virtix]

Writing the draft now. Should have something Mon.

[virtix]

I have some good notes and an outline. Starting a draft and hope to have something by Thursday. I'll send some content via email to anyone interested. Let me know.

[bletalien]

I'd love to see it!

[bletalien]

I got the other message. I can't install that software. Or any software.

[toti1399]

Good

[anselmbradford]

Time and tides wait for no one, and alas time has eroded the relevance the great ideas in this thread had to the current status quo.