Notices by Mike Gifford (mgifford@mastodon.social)

Most folks don't know what an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is

There's a definition here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Program_Office

But it needs some love. What do folks think is missing?

#OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSS #OSPO

How could I find a representative set of government websites around the world. I don't want all government domains, or just the biggest ones. But I there must be a list of a representative global sample somewhere. I don't want more than say 500 government URLs. Does anyone already have a list like this?

I'm hoping some #FOSDEM folks can recommend some great examples of #OpenSource guidance in corporate handbooks. Or ideally a public executive-level "Strategy" that is defined and tracked inside the organization?

Happy to have a piece of this #FNN article on the #USA #government accessibility and the Accessibility chapter of the @httparchive.org's Web Almanac. #Accessibility is important to citizens & can do better in making their sites usable for everyone.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2024/12/agencies-still-struggling-to-meet-digital-accessibility-standards/

@thomasfuchs where is it flaring up?

@youronlyone thanks!

I post most of my photos here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mgifford

I'd love to have #Flickr just jump onto #ActivityPub so they could all be in one place.

Until then. Here are some photos of France.

The Open Web Manifesto is a set of principles that guide the development of Drupal, an open source software for building websites. The manifesto aims to promote a web that is accessible, inclusive, secure, transparent, and respectful of users’ privacy and rights. #OpenWeb #Drupal https://www.drupal.org/open-web-manifesto for me in a post for Mastodon.

@Gargron That is very impressive. There have certainly been some signs of strain, but still not quite like the #failwhale hard (but funny) error page.