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Open Source Software Institute
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>OSSI was established in 2000 and has focused on strategic initiatives to promote the adoption of open source within <a href="/facts/US_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">US Department of Defense</a> and Department of Homeland Security. </p> <h2 id="projects">Projects</h2> <p>Efforts include securing the Federal Information Processing Standards <a href="/facts/FIPS_140-2/xCKhMHnK">FIPS 140-2</a> validation for the <a href="/facts/OpenSSL/aXvs5fo2">OpenSSL</a> cryptographic module library, participation in development of the U.S. Navy's Open Source Guidance Document,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> securing the <i>Open Source Corporate Management Information System</i> (OSCMIS) with the <a href="/facts/Defense_Information_Systems_Agency/h0FJXnJj">Defense Information Systems Agency</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and working with the <a href="/facts/Department_of_Homeland_Security/jwz5gLfa">Department of Homeland Security</a>'s <a href="/facts/Department_of_Homeland_Security_Science_and_Technology_Directorate/InbAkXE9">Science and Technology Directorate</a> to establish and implement the <a href="/facts/Homeland_Open_Security_Technology/PNgYlhmv">Homeland Open Security Technology</a> (HOST) program, which promotes <a href="/facts/Open_security/Mjk5qULv">open security</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Open_Solutions_Alliance/0rn048Qq">Open Solutions Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Open_Source_Initiative/sJtjc2EF">Open Source Initiative</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Marsan, Carolyn Duffy (2009-04-27). <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/2268310/military-enlists-open-source-community.html">"Military enlists open source community"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/NetworkWorld/WvwTlWHu">NetworkWorld</a></i>. Retrieved 2022-03-13.</li> <li>Weathersby, John M (June 2007). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120722062916/http://journal.thedacs.com/issue/42/85">"Open Source Software and the Long Road to Sustainability within U.S. DoD IT System"</a>. <i>DoD Software Tech News</i>. 10 (2). <a href="/facts/Data_%2526_Analysis_Center_for_Software/WJUUQ00s">Data & Analysis Center for Software</a>. Archived from <a href="http://journal.thedacs.com/issue/42/85">the original</a> on 2012-07-22.</li> <li>Karels, Michael J (July–August 2003). <a href="https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=945125">"Commercializing Open Source Software"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/ACM_Queue/7D8H31TW">ACM Queue</a></i>. 1 (5). <a href="/facts/Association_for_Computing_Machinery/abI2atlP">Association for Computing Machinery</a>: 46–55. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145%2F945074.945125">10.1145/945074.945125</a>. Retrieved 2022-03-13.</li> <li>Lever, John; John Weathersby (Summer 2002). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070505183108/http://www.chips.navy.mil/archives/02_summer/authors/index2_files/navoceano_software.htm">"Open Source Permeates NAVOCEANO Systems"</a>. <i>CHIPS Magazine</i>. Archived from <a href="http://www.chips.navy.mil/archives/02_summer/authors/index2_files/navoceano_software.htm">the original</a> on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-26.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.ossinstitute.org">Official Website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"DON Open Source Software Guidance". United States Navy. Retrieved 2011-05-26. <a href="https://www.doncio.navy.mil/PolicyView.aspx?ID=312" target="_blank">https://www.doncio.navy.mil/PolicyView.aspx?ID=312</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"DISA Earns National GOSCON Honors". Defense Information Systems Agency. 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2011-05-26. <a href="http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/goscon_110309.html" target="_blank">http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/goscon_110309.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"What Are the Stages of the Software Development Life Cycle?". 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-12-28. <a href="https://www.softwaredevelopment.co.uk/blog/what-are-the-stages-of-the-software-development-life-cycle-sdlc/" target="_blank">https://www.softwaredevelopment.co.uk/blog/what-are-the-stages-of-the-software-development-life-cycle-sdlc/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST)". Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2011-05-26. <a href="http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov/host.html" target="_blank">http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov/host.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>