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The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a U.S.-based 501(c)(6), non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the development and implementation of open-source software solutions within US Federal, state and municipal government agencies.

OSSI was established in 2000 and has focused on strategic initiatives to promote the adoption of open source within US Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.

Efforts include securing the Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS 140-2 validation for the OpenSSL cryptographic module library, participation in development of the U.S. Navy's Open Source Guidance Document,^[1] securing the Open Source Corporate Management Information System (OSCMIS) with the Defense Information Systems Agency,^[2] and working with the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to establish and implement the Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) program, which promotes open security.^[3]

• Open Solutions Alliance
• Open Source Initiative

• Marsan, Carolyn Duffy (2009-04-27). "Military enlists open source community". NetworkWorld. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
• Weathersby, John M (June 2007). "Open Source Software and the Long Road to Sustainability within U.S. DoD IT System". DoD Software Tech News. 10 (2). Data & Analysis Center for Software. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
• Karels, Michael J (July–August 2003). "Commercializing Open Source Software". ACM Queue. 1 (5). Association for Computing Machinery: 46–55. doi:10.1145/945074.945125. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
• Lever, John; John Weathersby (Summer 2002). "Open Source Permeates NAVOCEANO Systems". CHIPS Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-26.

• Official Website