OSSI's mission is to promote the adoption of open source software solutions within government technology systems. To accomplish this, OSSI serves as a facilitator, bringing together government, industry and open source development communities to exchange ideas and address challenges facing open source adoption in government agencies and systems.
The OSSI Government Advisory Boards Members include:
- Vicki Allums - Associate General Counsel for IP, Defense Information Security Agency
- Rich Beutel - Sr. Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives
- Mark Borowski - Associate Counsel for IP, U.S. Air Force
- Ronnie Kris Britton - Director, Center for Assured Software, National Security Agency
- Matt Burton - Office of the Chief Information Officer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Michael Cline - InnoVision Advanced Development Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- CAPT Robert Goodwin - Chief, Dynamic Network Defense Division, US Cyber Command
- Scott Goodwin - Chief Technology Officer, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- LtCol Karl "Grumpy" Hill - Information Management Officer, HQMC, P&R RIM, United States Marine Corps
- Joe Jarzombek - Director for Software & Supply Chain Assurance, Cyber Security & Communications, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- John Keane - Test & Independent Verification and Validation Office, TRICARE Management Agency, U.S. Department of Defense
- John Marshall - Defense Intelligence Enterprise, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Dr. Douglas Maughan - Director, Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Dan Risacher - Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Defense
- Dr. Ron Ross - Sr. Computer Scientist & Information Security Researcher, National Institute of Science & Technology
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