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Welcome to the Open Source Software Institute
What is OSSI? The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non-profit (501 c 6) organization comprised of corporate, government, academic and Open Source Community representatives whose mission is to promote the development and implementation of open-source software solutions within U.S. federal, state and municipal government agencies and academic entities.
To keep up-to-date on OSSI activities, please register on the OSSI web site to access additional OSSI program information and updates as well as open source reference materials. (this is a low-volume info-update list) As an open source, non-profit organization, information provided on this site is available under the Creative Commons. All industry reports and other information are the property of their respected owner.
Open Source Software Institute 2008 Program Overview (pdf)
OSSI One-Pager Information Briefing Sheet
OSSI Update Lists and Community Groups:
* Sign up here for the OSSI Discussion Forum/Mailing List
* Sign up here for the OpenSSL/FIPS 140 validation update list
* Join the OSSI Group on the LinkedIn professional social network system
Click here to contribute to OSSI:
OSSI is a non-profit (501 c 6) organization that depends on YOUR support to keep our programs going. Please join or make a contribution today. Thanks.
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Open Information Security Foundation
announces release of new open source
Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention System
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OSIF releases community-based Suricata IDP engine
On December 31, 2009, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF) announced the initial beta release of a new, open-source Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention System (IDP) engine. The new IDP engine, code named “Suricata” after the ever-vigilant Meerkat, is licensed under the General Public License (GPL) v 2 and serves as the functional core to the new open source community IPD project.
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“OISF was established to fill a gap created when the company who controls the original open source IDP project changed the terms of their license which restricted access to those interested in contributing to the commercially-available product,” said Matt Jonkman, OISF chairman. “We felt there was a tremendous need for a fully open source version of an IDP system, so we built Suricata from scratch and will maintain under the non-profit foundation. This will guarantee that it will remain available to those who wish to use it or contribute to the program either privately or commercially.”
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Autonomic Resources Approved to Offer Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux and Landscape Through GSA Advantage
CARY, N.C.--(19 February 2010)--Autonomic Resources, an IT and service integration firm serving the U.S. federal government, announced today that the General Services Administration (GSA) has approved the company to offer Canonical’s Ubuntu and Landscape to government customers. The agreement makes Autonomic the Federal reseller/integrator of Canonical Ubuntu and Landscape products. Ubuntu is an ever-popular and fast-growing Linux distribution and Landscape is a systems management and monitoring tool that enables users to manage multiple Ubuntu machines through a simple Web-based interface. The new Landscape release allows IT departments & managers to remotely administer physical or virtual servers within the government and corporate networks and on their private cloud platforms.
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Ubuntu, a community-developed operating system, is currently the most popular base operating system for developers focused on delivering Cloud solutions. Cloud computing has gained growing acceptance within the federal government sector due to the current administration’s focus on collaboration, transparency and cost savings. In a recent report from Booz Allen Hamilton, analysts estimate that federal government agencies could save as much as 85 percent of their annual IT infrastructure budgets by moving operations to the Cloud.
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Opengear Joins OSSI's Efforts to Expand Secure
Open Source Network Communications within Federal Computing Environments
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Opengear Sponsors Extension of the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module FIPS 140-2 validation to ARM Processors
SANDY, UT – December 2, 2009 - Opengear (www.opengear.com), today announced it has joined the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) and will work to contribute software that will expand the use of safe, secure computing protocols in Federal computing environments. As a part of Opengear’s commitment to open source, Opengear has extended the OpenSSL cryptographic module – for the first time making it FIPS 140-2 compliant for ARM –based processors.
The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non profit organization dedicated to the promotion and implementation of open source solutions within U.S. federal, state and municipal government agencies and academic entities. As a part of its charter, OSSI works with representatives of the U.S. government, IT industry and Open Source Community to maintain and support open source projects such as OpenSSL.
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By joining OSSI, Opengear Charmain Bob Waldie will become a board member of the Open Source Software Institute.
Opengear’s full line of ARM-powered console servers and power management solutions will be FIPS compliant.
Opengear has previously partnered with OSSI and the OpenSSL project to sponsor an extension of the existing OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2 validation (certificate #1051) that enables, for the first time, that open source cryptographic module to meet the FIPS 140-2 standards for ARM processors. The OpenSSL project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and open source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library.
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Open Source Software Institute
to host
2009 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, 9 December, 2009
0800 - 1100 AM
The City Club of Washington
555 13th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
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Pursuant with the organizational bylaws, OSSI will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 from 8:00 - 11:00 AM. All members of OSSI are invited to attend. Only members in good standing and members of the OSSI Board of Directors and Advisory Board Members may attend the Board Meeting from 8:00 - 9:15 AM. All associate members or others interested in OSSI are welcomed to the year-end briefing and strategic session from 9:30 - 11:00 AM.
Please RSVP via email to jmw at oss-institute.org or call 601.427.0152 by December 1, 2009.
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Copyright FAQ for Software with an Emphasis on Open Source (CENDI/09-1)
CENDI is an interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information (STI) managers from 13 U.S. federal agencies:
* Defense Technical Information Center (Department of Defense)
* Office of Research and Development & Office of Environmental Information (Environmental Protection Agency)
* Government Printing Office
* Library of Congress
* NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program
* National Agricultural Library (Department of Agriculture)
* National Archives and Records Administration
* National Library of Education (Department of Education)
* National Library of Medicine (Department of Health and Human Services)
* National Science Foundation
* National Technical Information Service (Department of Commerce)
* Office of Scientific and Technical Information (Department of Energy)
* USGS/Biological Resources Discipline (Department of Interior)
These programs represent over 97% of the federal research and development budget.
The scientific and technical information (STI) managers have responsibility for STI at agencies representing over 97% of the federal research and development (R&D) budget. STI is an integral part of the R&D process and a necessary raw material for all science and technology programs. The effective management and use of STI is vital in advancing the state of knowledge and in technical problem solving. A better understanding of this role along with better cooperation between science and technology management and STI management can increase the effectiveness of the process.
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