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title: GitHub and Government
description: Make government better, together. Stories of open source, open data, and open government.
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    <h1 class="alt-h1 mb-2 text-white">How agencies build&nbsp;software</h1>
    <p class="f2-light text-white">Collaborate on code, data, policy, or procurement within your agency or with the&nbsp;public.</p>
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      <p>GitHub is now Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorized.
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        Collaborate on code
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      <p class="text-gray">Code collaboration and review are built into the development process with GitHub. Share work, discuss changes, and get feedback in one place to write quality code.</p>
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        On your servers or in the cloud
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      <p class="text-gray">Run GitHub Enterprise on your servers as a virtual appliance, on <a href="{{"/aws-govcloud.html" | relative_url}}">AWS GovCloud</a> or Azure, or let us host the code for you on GitHub.com, whatever your security requires.</p>
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        Foster innovation at your agency
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      <p class="text-gray">GitHub enables you to easily accept, continuously test, and rapidly deploy new ideas to build better software, faster.</p>
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        Software built your way
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      <p class="text-gray">Integrate third party tools, from project management to continuous integration, to build software in the way that works best for your agency.</p>
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        InnerSource inside your agency
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      <p class="text-gray">Build your agency’s software the way open source maintainers build theirs. Transparency and code reuse can help your team build better code.</p>
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        Enterprise controls that agencies need
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      <p class="text-gray">Encourage teams to work together while providing essential controls for employees and contractors alike using organizations and LDAP or CAS.</p>
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        Public engagement, developer community
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      <p class="text-gray">Engage with more than 40 million developers using GitHub. Publish open source software on GitHub.com. Onboard, train, and recruit developers with ease.</p>
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        Skip the paperwork
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      <p class="text-gray">GitHub.com's terms of service are approved by the GSA and most plans fall below the micro-purchase threshold. Purchase GitHub Enterprise with major government acquisition schedules.</p>
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    <a href="https://github.com/features" class="btn btn-outline">Learn more about GitHub &rarr;</a>
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    <h2 class="alt-h2 text-center mb-3 mt-lg-6" id="more-than-just-code">More than just code</h2>
    <p class="alt-lead text-gray text-center col-md-10 mx-auto">Agencies use GitHub to engage developers and collaborate with the public on open source, open data and open government efforts. GitHub even renders common formats like <a href="https://github.blog/2014-02-14-rendered-prose-diffs/">text</a>, <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/rendering-csv-and-tsv-data">CSV</a>, <a href="https://github.blog/2015-03-17-pdf-viewing/">PDF</a>, <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/mapping-geojson-files-on-github">geospatial data</a> and Jupyter Notebooks.</p>

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        <h3 class="alt-h3 mb-3">Open Source</h3>
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        <small>The UK Government launched GOV.UK with a pull request</small>
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        <h3 class="alt-h3 mb-3">Open Data</h3>
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        <small>CFPB builds data visualizations and analysis tools with GitHub</small>
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        <small>Find the US government’s open source projects at <a href="https://code.gov/">Code.gov</a></small>
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      <a href="https://github.com/collections/government" class="btn btn-outline">See more showcases &rarr;</a>
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    <p class="alt-lead text-gray text-center col-md-10 mx-auto">Join the thousands of government organizations around the world who collaborate on code, data, policy, and more. See the rest of the <a href="/community">GitHub government community</a>.</p>
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    <h2 class="alt-h2 text-center mb-3 mt-lg-6">Get started today</h2>
    <p class="alt-lead text-gray text-center col-md-10 mx-auto">Create a free account to get started with GitHub. <a href="mailto:government@github.com">Contact us</a> to learn more about hosting your own GitHub instance.</p>

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        <h3 class="alt-h3 mb-2">Sign up for an account</h3>
        <p class="text-gray"><a href="https://github.com/signup/free" target="_blank">Sign up</a> for an individual GitHub account for free.</p>
        <p class="text-gray">If you have a personal GitHub account, simply <a href="https://government-community.githubapp.com/government">add and confirm</a> your government email.</p>
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        <h3 class="alt-h3 mb-2">Create an organization</h3>
        <p class="text-gray">An organization is your official presence on GitHub. <a href="https://github.com/organizations/new">Create a free organization</a> after you log in. Open source projects stay free.</p>
        <p class="text-gray">Prefer to host your own GitHub instance? <a href="mailto:government@github.com">Contact us</a> or <a href="https://enterprise.github.com">request a free trial</a> to get started.
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        <h3 class="alt-h3 mb-2">Join the Peer Group</h3>
        <p class="text-gray">Join the <a href="https://government-community.githubapp.com/government">semi-private group</a> of government employees using GitHub to share best practices for software collaboration.</p>
        <p class="text-gray">You will have access once the government email associated with your account is verified.
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        <h3 class="alt-h3 mb-2">Learn More</h3>
        <p class="text-gray">Browse GitHub training resources at <a href="https://training.github.com">training.github.com</a>.</p>
        <p class="text-gray">Contact <a href="mailto:training@github.com">training@github.com</a> to bring GitHub training to your team.</p>
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    <h3 class="alt-h2 mb-4">Talk to a human</h3>
    <p>Email <a href="mailto:government@github.com">government@github.com</a> to talk to GitHub's government team.</p>
    <p><a href="https://government-community.githubapp.com/government">Post a question</a> in the government community to get feedback from other GitHub users in government.</p>
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