Software Engineering Institute

Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) are being increasingly adopted as approach to establishing and cultivating a culture of contribution at private and public sector organizations. The Digital Service at CMS.gov will share the programs, policies, and projects they’re building to identify and mitigate continuity and security risks in the software supply chain across the Federal Ecosystem. For more information visit: https://go.cms.gov/ospo.

Remy DeCausemaker is the Open Source Lead for the Digital Service at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS.) Remy helps developers, designers, and other contributors work with dedicated civil servants to create open accessible healthcare technology projects, programs, and policy. Through his work with the CMS Digital Service, and The US DigitalCorps, Remy improves access to health Information, and grows communities of practice around Open Data, Open Standards, and Open Source code.

Remy comes to CMS with over 17 years at the frontier of Open Source Software. His career has included many firsts, including helping to launch the first academic minor in Open Source Software in the United States at Rochester Institute of Technology. He was first Fedora Community Lead at Red Hat, the first Open Source Community Manager of an American presidential campaign, the first Open Source Program Office Lead at Spotify, the second Open Source Program Office Lead at Twitter, and now serves as the nation’s first ever Open Source Lead at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.