Federal Source Code Study: An Analysis of Publishing the People's Code
summary
Three-year empirical study published on GitHub that uses the GitHub API plus interviews and organizational artifacts to analyze how 24 major agencies implement the Federal Source Code Policy. Key findings: repository counts jump (roughly 200 new repos per month, about 7,000 repos on the portal), formalized internal policy precedes publication, public engagement and CI/CD tooling (dependency checks like Snyk and Dependabot mentioned) matter, and a persistent skills gap limits implementation; delivers descriptive recommendations and a theory for policy implementation.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:15About Me
- 1:56Federal Source Code Policy (FSCP)
- 5:28Study Purpose
- 7:11Framework
- 9:28Research Design
- 11:53Cultural Beliefs
- 15:05Structural Dimensions & Location
- 18:01Public Engagement
- 19:57Overlapping Variables
- 25:33Organizational Location
- 27:19Theory of Policy Implementation for OSS Publication
- 29:16Implications
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