Remy DeCausemaker
Special guest
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 US DigitalCorps and the Digital Service at CMS, 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 16 years at the frontier of Open Source Software. His career has included many firsts, including helping to launch the first academic minor in Humanitarian Free/Open Source Software in the United States at Rochester Institute of Technology. He was 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, the first Fedora Community Lead at Red Hat, and now serves as the nation’s first Open Source Program Office Lead at a Federal Agency.
Remy DeCausemaker has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Episode 81: Managing Federal CHAOSS at CMS.gov
12 March 2024 | 40 mins 25 secs
On today’s episode of CHAOSScast, we focus on the experiences and initiatives of the Open Source Program Office at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Host Dawn Foster is joined by Sean Goggins along with guests, Remy DeCausemaker, Natalia Luzuriaga, Isaac Milarsky, and Aayat Ali, all from various backgrounds within the CMS, who share insights into their efforts in maintaining and promoting an open source culture within federal services. Key discussion points include the launch of the CMS’s first open source program office, the development of a maturity model framework to evaluate open source projects, the creation of tools such as Repo Scaffolder and Duplifier to support open source practices, and efforts towards open source software security. This episode emphasizes the distinct aspects of opens source work in government settings compared to the private sector and highlights upcoming presentations at conferences. Download this episode now to hear more!