# Government Policies for Open Source Software

**URL:** <https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/government-policies-for-open-source-software/1165>\
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Government Policies for Open Source Software event by The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS):

> **[Government Policies for Open Source Software](https://www.csis.org/events/government-policies-open-source-software)**
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> Ask Live Questions The event will be webcast live from this page. In-person seating for this event will be limited, please indicate in your RSVP if you plan to attend in-person. Synopsys estimates 97% of software contains open source code that can be...

The panel:

- [Laura Cunningham - President, Open Technology Fund](https://www.opentech.fund/about/people/laura-cunningham/)
- [Allan Friedman - Senior Advisor and Strategist, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanafriedman/)
- [Eugenia Lostri - Fellow, Technology Policy and Law, Lawfare](https://www.lawfareblog.com/contributors/elostri)
- [Shelley McKinley - Chief Legal Officer, GitHub](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleymckinley/)
- [Frank Nagle - Assistant Professor, Strategy Unit, Harvard Business School](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=566431)

The study identified 669 government policies in total, and 404 of them were OSS-specific.

Here’s a detailed thread about the study:

> <https://twitter.com/GeorgiaG_Wood/status/1612561313921912832>

And, here’s the dataset:

> **[Government Open Source Software Policies](https://www.csis.org/programs/strategic-technologies-program/government-open-source-software-policies)**
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> Access the Datawrapper Version Here Download the CSV Here Access the GitHub Version Here \*To see all of the data set’s columns, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or mouse to scroll. By Eugenia Lostri, Georgia Wood, and Megha Jain Understanding the...