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Observed mentions: 2016-01-20 13:52:29 UTC to 2016-02-11 17:24:49 UTC.

012016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsJan 202016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJan 312016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 11

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jan 202016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC110
Jan 212016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 222016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 232016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 242016-01-24 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 252016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 262016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC110
Jan 272016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 282016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 292016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 302016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-31 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 312016-01-31 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 12016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 32016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC110
Feb 42016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 52016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 62016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 72016-02-07 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 82016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 92016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 102016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 112016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC101

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konklone·Feb 11, 2016
> They largely circumvent a lot of the process with help from policy makers at the highest levels. > Even then, I'm pretty sure they don't offer hosting/authorizing deployments from party sources. So they essentially have a monopoly on the ability to use OSS freely for bulding government websites. That's not quite the case. Many agencies use a ton of OSS to build websites and other services. https://github.com/cfpb/source-code-policy https://github.com/uscensusbureau/open-source-policy https://github.com/18F/open-source-policy The policy links above refer to those teams releasing their own code as open source, but you will find huge amounts of outside open source code being used there, and in many other agencies. The Department of Defense is famous for (in 2003!) making sure their department knew that open source software was A-okay to us
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e, and people refer to their amazing FAQ all the time: http://dodcio.defense.gov/OpenSourceSoftwareFAQ.aspx (I'm an 18F employee.)
In Why I fought for open source in the Air Force

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