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.

For additional information, click "read more" below.

Open Source Software Institute 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.