Ask HN: Are there any open source social serice sites built by a Goverment?

2 pointsjoshchernoff1y ago4 comments

I'm from Oregon, we have spent almost $500M over the last 10 years for a handful of extremely unsatisfactory websites that serve our general public from Healthcare to Foodstamps to Unemployment.

It makes me wonder if a collective of people could build a system for any varying level of social services for our government if it could be successful compared to the many failed corporate sponsorships we have tried.

So I guess my first thought that comes to mind is, has anyone or government already tried? What are some examples of this?

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toomuchtodo1y ago

https://codeforamerica.org/

https://adhoc.team/

https://18f.gsa.gov/2017/08/22/government-launches-login-gov...

https://github.com/18F

https://www.google.com/search?q=usds+impact+report

joshchernoffOP1y ago

I was really excited to checkout https://codeforamerica.org/ but then it became hard to find any code that was made publicly available same for https://adhoc.team/

I think this highlights the point I'm making, we need real opensource solutions, not just more non profits.

I'm not trying to say they don't do good work, its just that its not accessible to the public. I personally feel they maybe are missing the point of opensource. Where is the source code?

Also thank you for sharing these.

joshchernoffOP1y ago

Ok https://github.com/18F this is what I'm talking about! <3

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Ask HN: Are there any open source social serice sites built by a Goverment?

2 pointsjoshchernoff1y ago4 comments

I'm from Oregon, we have spent almost $500M over the last 10 years for a handful of extremely unsatisfactory websites that serve our general public from Healthcare to Foodstamps to Unemployment.

So I guess my first thought that comes to mind is, has anyone or government already tried? What are some examples of this?

4 comments

toomuchtodo1y ago

https://codeforamerica.org/

https://adhoc.team/

https://18f.gsa.gov/2017/08/22/government-launches-login-gov...

https://github.com/18F

https://www.google.com/search?q=usds+impact+report

joshchernoffOP1y ago

I was really excited to checkout https://codeforamerica.org/ but then it became hard to find any code that was made publicly available same for https://adhoc.team/

I think this highlights the point I'm making, we need real opensource solutions, not just more non profits.

I'm not trying to say they don't do good work, its just that its not accessible to the public. I personally feel they maybe are missing the point of opensource. Where is the source code?

Also thank you for sharing these.

joshchernoffOP1y ago

Ok https://github.com/18F this is what I'm talking about! <3

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