[LINK] US to release IT Dashboard software as Open Source!

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Here it is:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/it-dashboard/>
Marghanita
Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> We launched the IT Dashboard and the TechStat Accountability 
> Sessions to improve IT transparency and accountability 
> across the Federal Government. The Dashboard has helped us 
> shine a light on IT projects, providing performance data to 
> fuel TechStat reviews, which have led to over $3 billion in 
> cost reductions.
> 
> Today we are releasing the software code of the IT Dashboard 
> and the TechStat toolkit to the public for two reasons. 
> First, to take the platform to the next level, we want to 
> tap into the collective talents and ingenuity of the 
> American people, to enhance functionality, improve the code 
> and address existing challenges such as those identified by 
> David Powner and his team at GAO.  Second, CIOs from across 
> the country and around the world such as Maarten Hillenaar 
> of the Netherlands, Kyle Schafer in West Virginia  and Jason 
> DeHaan of the City of Chicago are all interested in 
> implementing these platforms in their respective organizations.
> 
> The IT Dashboard has helped the Federal Government to better 
> manage its IT investments, and now that its code is freely 
> availablea^EUR" through a format known as a^EUR~open sourcea^EUR^(TM)a^EUR" it can 
> help any organization do the same. Software developers will 
> be able to collaborate, identify errors, develop 
> enhancements, and recommend improvements to the Dashboard, 
> and find new uses for it that we have not even imagined. 
> The TechStat Toolkit provides a comprehensive guide for 
> organizations to establish their own TechStats to improve 
> line-of-sight between project teams and senior executives, 
> increase the precision of ongoing measurement of IT program 
> health, and boost the quality and timing of interventions to 
> keep projects on track.
> 
> Opening up the inner workings of the Dashboard by releasing 
> the code and the TechStat toolkit is only a first step. We 
> recognize that the Federal Government does not have a 
> monopoly on the best ideas, which is why we are working with 
> organizations such as Civic Commons to help share technology 
> for the public good and are asking the public for continuous 
> input to help us improve how we manage taxpayer dollars.
> 
> If you have ideas, recommendations or other contributions to 
> the IT Dashboard, we urge you to join the discussion here. 
> To access and download source code for the IT Dashboard and 
> the TechStat toolkit, please visit www.cio.gov/tools.
> 
> Vivek Kundra is the U.S. Chief Information Officer
> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/31/open-sourcing-it-dashboard-techstat-process>


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