Author Archive

Ben Balter

Ben Balter is GitHub's government evangelist and a former Presidential Innovation Fellow. Connect with him on Twitter: @BenBalter.
Acquisition

White House misses big opportunity with open source push

Limiting the impact of open source policy to a time- and scope-constrained pilot forgoes a unique and long-needed opportunity to modernize government, argues a leading open source advocate.

  • By Ben Balter
Digital Government

9 things to look for in an open-source project

Although there is no litmus test for "good" open source, there are several indicators of a healthy project, writes GitHub's Ben Balter.

  • By Ben Balter
Digital Government

Seizing the real open-gov opportunity

GitHub’s government evangelist, a former Presidential Innovation Fellow, says collaboration, not cost, could be the big win of 2014.

  • By Ben Balter