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There is this little nugget: “The legislation also requires CISA to hire professionals with experience developing open source software to ensure that governmen

There is this little nugget: “The legislation also requires CISA to hire professionals with experience developing open source software to ensure that government and the community work hand-in-hand and are prepared to address incidents like the Log4j vulnerability.”

encryptluks2 4y ago
Unless it specifies who this just means they'll throw a few billion to Teksystems, CGI or whoever and then say that it was a failure like HealthCare.gov
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- tomrod 4y ago
  That spawned a lot of good things. Check out 18F and USDS.
  - encryptluks2 4y ago
    There are special exceptions, but definitely not the norm.
    - tomrod 4y ago
      Except for the change in acquisition and contracting behind the scenes that was driven by that colossal failure. Have you noticed that the IRS website is accessible and searchable? That SBA is functional? Conpare that to, say, Department of Commerce, where things are a mess (currently). The US realized it needed to pick things up a bit and, while it's still a hard space to work in, started to shift to a better playbook. https://playbook.cio.gov/ https://playbook.cio.gov/