This site is in alpha. The content contained is not final.

DC Government agencies are working on a variety of projects as part of the Open Source Pilot. These include websites, policy guides, documentation standards, command line tools, and more.

All are free to use and re-use. Comments, issues, and other contributions are welcome! Follow along on our GitHub page.

To learn more about these projects, you can email the open source program at open@dc.gov.

civic.json (extended)
beta

An extension to civic.json to better support collaboration across government agencies and municipalities, and with the public.

Partners OCTO Innovation Program • Code for DC

Created 2015-12-31

Last updated 2016-02-28

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Keywords

#civic #documentation #government #schema #standard
civic.json-cli
beta

Command line tools to make using civic.json easy.

Partners OCTO Innovation Program

Created 2016-01-28

Last updated 2016-03-11

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Keywords

#civic #command line #documentation #government #schema #standard
dcgov-cli
alpha

A command line utility to standardize common actions when working on DCgov projects.

Partners OCTO Innovation Program

Created 2016-02-18

Last updated 2016-02-29

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Keywords

#command line #documentation #git #github #standard #workflow
drafts.dc.gov
beta

A site that lets the public comment on and annotate District policy and legislation. Powered by The OpenGov Foundation's Madison platform.

Partners OpenGovFoundation • OCTO Innovation Program

Created 2016-01-08

Last updated 2016-05-05

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Keywords

#legislation #policy
groupthink
beta

A Python package that lets you install, update, and manage GitHub organization-specific command line scripts

Partners OCTO Innovation Program

Created 2016-02-11

Last updated 2016-03-11

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Keywords

#command line #git #github #standard
guides-template
production

A template and set of instructions for setting up DCgov guide sites.

Partners OCTO Innovation Program

Created 2015-11-16

Last updated 2016-04-07

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Keywords

#documentation #gh-pages #github #guide #instructions #template
open source guidelines
beta

A how-to guide for agencies that have joined or would like to join DC Government's Open Source Pilot program.

Partners OCTO Innovation Program

Created 2015-11-17

Last updated 2016-04-26

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Keywords

#github #guide #open source
poirot
beta

A command-line tool to find text patterns in a Git repository's revision history.

Partners OCTO Innovation Program

Created 2015-12-22

Last updated 2016-05-03

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Keywords

#git #github #privacy #security
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Glossary of Terms

  • A glossary term

    To add glossary terms, edit the glossary.yaml file in the _data folder.

  • Another term

    Glossary terms need a term, slug, and definition attribute. The term attribute will appear above the definition. The slug is a unique identifier for the term. It should be lowercase, with no special characters or punctuation, and any spaces replaced with a dash.

  • Yet another term

    Want to link to a specific glossary term in your text, like this one here? You will need to edit your markdown like so:

    [this one here](#glossary){:define="yet-another-term"}
    

    Just place the text you want linked in the brackets and the correct slug within the quotes.