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Government Open Source Essentials Roundtable

DISA's Open Source CMIS
Live Demonstration:
How DoD Has Adopted the Open Source Model
And Gives Back to the Community


On Tuesday, September 1, 2009, DoD's Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and OSSI will present a live demonstration of the OSCMIS project for Government, industry, academic and open source development community representatives.

After the demonstration, the meeting will be opened for discussion on the OSCMIS project and how the program can be adopted and deployed under the open source software license. Join this roundtable discussion to learn how and where DoD has used the open source model to make the CMIS suite available inside and outside of Government systems.


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Meeting Notes Available Here



Event Logistical Information:

Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Ketchum Public Relations, 2000 L St NW Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 835-8800


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Seating is Very Limited
OSSI Members and Government Representatives: No Charge
Non-members $125


In March 2009, the DISA and OSSI announced the launch of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) in order to release of an open source version of DISA's internally-developed CMIS application suite. The CMIS program is a web-based Federal administrative software suite consisting of more than 50 applications which handles human resource, training, security, acquisition and related functions for DISA's more than 16,000 users worldwide.

By releasing OSCMIS as an open source project, DISA and OSSI have worked to establish a process designed to promote the development of