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Open Source Program Office Guide for CMS.gov
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# Open Source Program Office Guide 

What's in the guide: 

- [Inbound](https://github.com/DSACMS/ospo-guide/tree/main/inbound)

- [Outbound](https://github.com/DSACMS/ospo-guide/tree/main/outbound)

- [Growing](https://github.com/DSACMS/ospo-guide/tree/main/growing)

- [Resources](https://github.com/DSACMS/ospo-guide/tree/main/resources)

  

# Digital Service at CMS (DSACMS)

We're a group of civic-minded technologists transforming how the federal government delivers healthcare to the American people. The Digital Service at CMS (DSAC) consists of engineers, designers, and product managers—serving our country by building and maintaining the technology underpinning our national health care programs. 



# Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Every day, millions of people in this country interact with the healthcare system. We believe these interactions should be straightforward, transparent and seamless. Whether it's looking for health insurance, making sense of medical bills, or researching nursing homes, we are working to unlock medical information and empower people with health data.



- [76M people on Medicaid & CHIP](https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/program-information/medicaid-and-chip-enrollment-data/report-highlights/index.html) (2024)

- [67M people on Medicare](https://data.cms.gov/summary-statistics-on-beneficiary-enrollment/medicare-and-medicaid-reports/medicare-monthly-enrollment) (2024)

- [21M found insurance in ACA marketplace](https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/historic-213-million-people-choose-aca-marketplace-coverage) (2024)



# What does the Digital Service at CMS do?

We work to transform the U.S. healthcare system by:



- Modernizing systems

- Improving the design of healthcare experiences

- Participating in policy development

- Delivering value to the government, healthcare providers, and patients

  

We accomplish these goals by bringing the best and brightest talent from industry and government to CMS for a "tour of duty." By collaborating closely with dedicated CMS career civil servants, our work includes everything from creating public websites to implementing new legislation in back-office systems. Learn more about our work [here.](https://www.cms.gov/digital-service)



# What does the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at CMS do?

Establish and maintain guidance, policies, practices, and talent pipelines that advance equity, build trust, and amplify impact across CMS, HHS, and Federal Open Source Ecosystems by working and sharing openly. 



## CMS OSPO in the News

- [Open Source and the Digital Service at CMS.gov - All Things Open 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0EJIevZS0I)

- Whitehouse Open Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I) Supply Chain RFI

- [Innersource Summit 2023: Innersource to Open Source Journey in Government](https://innersourcecommons.org/events/isc-2023/)

- [Inside CMS’ Groundbreaking Open Source Program Office](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LQnyB3ydQ)

- [Repodiving into Open Source at CMS.gov](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AypgQch2Qpk)

- [OSPOs in Highly Regulated Environments Panel Discussion @ Open Source Summit EU 2023](https://osseu2023.sched.com/event/1OGeo/panel-discussion-ospos-transition-paths-for-regulated-environments-ana-jimenez-santamaria-linux-foundation-maurice-hendriks-city-of-amsterdam-nico-rikken-alliander-clare-dillon-innersourcecommons-thomas-steenbergen-epam?iframe=no&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no)

- TODOGroup OSPOlogy September 2023 Meeting

- OSPOs for Good Summit 2023 @ United Nations Headquarters NYC

- [PyCon May 2024](https://github.com/DSACMS/pycon-poster-2024/blob/main/repo-baselines.pdf)

- Code for America May 2024

- Open Source Summit North America (OSSNA) 2024

    - [Establishing a Repository Baseline](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aaVBicOjI)

    - [Repository Cohorts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpVNSAj9eDg)



## Acknowlegements

Our work is developed as a collaboration between the United States Digital Service (USDS.gov), The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS.gov), The Digital Service at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS.gov), The USDigitalResponse.org, and other Federal Open Source Community Members.



Thank you all for your support and contributions.



### Policies



### Open Source Policy



We adhere to the [CMS Open Source

Policy](https://github.com/CMSGov/cms-open-source-policy). If you have any

questions, just [shoot us an email](mailto:[email protected]).



### Security and Responsible Disclosure Policy



*Submit a vulnerability:* Vulnerability reports can be submitted through [Bugcrowd](https://bugcrowd.com/cms-vdp). Reports may be submitted anonymously. If you share contact information, we will acknowledge receipt of your report within 3 business days.



For more information about our Security, Vulnerability, and Responsible Disclosure Policies, see [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).



### Public domain



This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright

and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the [CC0 1.0

Universal public domain

dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) as indicated in [LICENSE](LICENSE).



All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By

submitting a pull request or issue, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver

of copyright interest.