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Re:Source Code Policy: Introduction for Public Comment by hackuser on Thursday March 10, 2016 @01:42PM (#11261109)
Maybe appending "- Request for Public Comment" to the title would make it more descriptive.

... today the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is releasing a draft policy to improve the way custom-developed Government code is acquired and distributed moving forward. This policy is consistent with the Federal Government’s long-standing policy of ensuring that “Federal investments in IT (information technology) are merit-based, improve the performance of our Government, and create value for the American people.”2

This policy requires that, among other things: (1) new custom code whose development is paid for by the Federal Government be made available for reuse across Federal agencies; and (2) a portion of that new custom code be released to the public as Open Source Software (OSS).

We welcome your input on this innovative draft policy ...

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Re:Source Code Policy: Introduction for Public Comment by taylorbuley on Thursday March 10, 2016 @03:32PM (#11262054)
Unfortunately I'm seeing this too late for the edit, but thanks for the suggestion. I didn't want to hack the title per policy but I think you're right.
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