Despite the U.S. CIO’s Exit, Open Source Is Entrenched in the Federal Government

“Well-versed in open source technologies, Kundra had promised to
overhaul the way the government deployed and managed its
technology, with a special focus on decreasing costs. As recently
as April of this year, we took note of two open source tools called
IT Dashboard and TechStat that Kundra oversaw the development of as
well as releasing them for public availability. According to
Kundra, the tools led to over $3 billion of cost savings in the
U.S. government.

“Now, a nonprofit is taking note of the fact that many open
source initiatives are alive and well in the U.S. government’s
pipeline, and there is much interest in Android.”

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