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cloud.gov is now FedRAMP Authorized for use by federal agencies
on February 2, 2017
We’re delighted to announce that cloud.gov is now FedRAMP Authorized, which enables agencies to quickly transition their web-based services to efficient and easy-to-use cloud hosting. FedRAMP Authorized status marks completion of a comprehensive security and compliance assessment that enables federal agencies to start using cloud.gov with significantly reduced effort. cloud.gov is a government-customized hosting platform that takes care of technical infrastructure and security compliance requirements.
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Facts about publishing open source code in government
on August 8, 2016
We’ve put together a list of facts and references that will help you build the case for open source development in your team or agency and bust myths about using public code repositories. This post is based on our experiences at the federal level, but we hope it’s helpful for anyone working in government.
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cloud.gov is full steam ahead on its FedRAMP assessment process
on July 18, 2016
Here at 18F on the cloud.gov team, we’re working toward getting cloud.gov assessed as FedRAMP compliant, with lots of interesting progress — so here’s an update, including our FedRAMP Ready status!
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Take our code: 34 reusable projects from 18F
on April 6, 2016
We encourage you to adapt 18F open source projects for your work and personal purposes, whether you’re a fellow federal employee or outside government. We’ve put together a list of some 18F repositories that might be especially useful to you.
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18F's New Year's resolution: Be even more open
on January 7, 2016
We've been thinking a lot lately about our role within the open source community, and it's our 2016 resolution to increase the number of non-employee contributors to our projects, including: contributors with little previous experience with open source, and contributors to documentation, bug filing, and other non-coding work.