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# https://www.itdashboard.gov/

# https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/Default.aspx

# https://www.codeforamerica.org/ is led by Microsoft. To wit: the code sharing section is labelled "borrow and steal for the greater good" #doingItWrong But anyway, included here for completeness.

# [http://archive.civiccommons.org/2011/01/be-open-from-day-one/ Be Open from Day One] - 2011 article by Karl Fogel on Civic Commons

# [http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html Open Source (Almost) Everything] - 2011 post by Tom Preston-Werner (co-founder of GitHub) He advocates for the MIT license because the GPL is too 'dogmatic' (and interferes with his selling software licenses).

# [http://ben.balter.com/2016/04/11/white-house-open-source-missed-opportunity/ The missed opportunity that is the White House Open Source Policy] - 2016 by Ben Balter (Attorney, developer, product manager, GitHub employee) [https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/11/balter-open-source-opinion.aspx repost of this article]

# https://fcw.com/home.aspx FCW - 'The Business of Federal Technology'

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