DHS Now Says It Supports White House Open Source Software Policy

Nextgov: The Homeland Security Department appears to be dialing back warnings it made last week about publishing federal source code, a practice it previously compared to giving the Mafia a “copy of all FBI system code.”

On Monday, a GitHub posting containing a “formal” comment from DHS’ Chief Information Officer Luke McCormack appeared to discredit those warnings. Releasing code to the public “can have extensive cybersecurity benefits” and DHS “strongly supports” the proposed policy, he wrote.

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