49 offices
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ANSSI
People handling open source topic at French Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI)
Website · Code: ANSSI-FR · Code: DFIR-ORC · Code: mon-service-securise · Open source policy · opensource@ssi.gouv.fr
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Developer.overheid.nl
Developer portal of the Dutch government
Website · Code: developer-overheid-nl · developer.overheid@geonovum.nl
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Direction de la stratégie et de la culture numériques (DSCN)
The DSCN is responsible for digital technology in the city of Échirolles.
Website · Code: documentation.echirolles.fr · Open source policy · nicolas.vivant@echirolles.fr
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Open Source Program Office City of Munich
Use - Improve - Publish - FOSS at the City of Munich
Website · Code: it-at-m · Code: landeshauptstadt-muenchen · Open source policy · opensource@muenchen.de
25 resources on how this office was built → - Government
Open Source Program Office of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
The Open Source Program Office Schleswig-Holstein (OSPO SH) is the state government's central coordination office for the strategic use of open source software - with the aim of ensuring digital sovereignty
Website · Code: sh · Code: code.schleswig-holstein.de · Open source policy · ospo-sh@stk.landsh.de
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OS2 – Public Digitalization Network
OS2 is an organisation of public bodies in Denmark where we - together - develop, mature, and maintain public code.
Website · Code: OS2agora · Code: OS2autoproces · Code: OS2borgerPC · Open source policy · os2@os2.eu
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OSPO at Digital Service at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Establish and maintain guidance, policies, practices, and talent pipelines that advance equity, build trust, and amplify impact across CMS, HHS, and Federal Open Source Ecosystems by working and sharing openly.
Website · Code: DSACMS · Code: ospo-guide · Code: repo-scaffolder · Open source policy · opensource@cms.hhs.gov
33 resources on how this office was built → - Government
OSPO de France Travail
France Travail's Open Source Programme Office
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OSPO de l'IGN
The Open Source Programme Office of the French National Institute for Geographic and Forestry Information
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OSPO de la Ville de Paris
Open Source Program Office for the City of Paris
22 resources on how this office was built → - Government
OSPO de la Ville et l'Eurométropole de Strasbourg
The "Free Software Strategy" unit of the city and Eurometropole of Strasbourg aims to promote the use and development of Free Software within our territory.
Website · Code: Ville-Eurometropole-Strasbourg · Open source policy · opensource@strasbourg.eu
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OSPO National Government The Netherlands
This is the national OSPO of the Netherlands, currently housed at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK)
- Government
Pôle de compétences Logiciels Libres de l'Éducation nationale
The Logiciels Libres center develops open source software for the French education system
Website · Code: PCLL · Code: EOLE · Code: MIM · eole@ac-dijon.fr
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Pôle Open Source et Communs Numériques de la DINUM
A mission dedicated to the use, development and promotion of Free Software and digital commons in public administration
Website · Code: codegouvfr · Code: suitenumerique · Code: numerique-gouv · Open source policy · floss@numerique.gouv.fr
- Government
RECIA
RECIA Public Interest Group
Website · Code: repositories · Open source policy · contact@recia.fr
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP Open Source Ecosystem Enablement
- Academic
Biohub
The Biohub Open Science Program Office provides strategic leadership in open science to maximise the impact of research and products associated with four scientific Grand Challenges.
- Academic
Carnegie Mellon University
The open source programs office (OSPO) raises awareness and capacity for open source software to better develop, manage, curate, and share it for research, education, translation, and broader impact.
OSPO: In the Library.
- Academic
Cellule Codes Données Grenoble Alpes
The Grenoble Alpes Data Codes Unit (CDGA) is an operational structure designed to support the Grenoble area's scientific communities in all matters relating to research data and codes.
Website · Code: gricad-gitlab.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr · sos-codes-recherche@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
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European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s leading centers for scientific research in particle physics. It is also a pioneering force in open science, with a long-standing tradition of developing and sharing open source technologies. In November 2023, CERN established its Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to support the transparent release and collaborative development of open source software and hardware designs.
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George Washington University
The primary functions of the OSPO are to foster a culture of networked collaboration, promoting open source software development, open data, and open access in research and education, and to support the university community in adoption of open practices. The office also aims to maximize social impact on a global scale based on GWU’s research, teaching and policy expertise.
OSPO: In the Libraries and Academic Innovation
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Georgia Institute of Technology
The open source programs office (OSPO) raises awareness and capacity for open source software to better develop, manage, curate, and share it for research, education, translation, and broader impact.
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ISGlobal - Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Since 2022, ISGlobal has delivered services to promote and enable open source practices within its institution. This work is based in Digital Innovation within its TTO.
OSPO: Not a formal OSPO but carries out a range of OSPO-like activities.
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Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) is a team of experts dedicated to helping the JHU community make the most of open source software. We believe open source software is a powerful tool for solving global problems, and we are here to support its use and development at JHU.
OSPO: In the Library.
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Lero
The Lero Open Source and Open Science Programme Office (Lero-OSPO) is a dedicated platform that is set up with the goal of promoting engagement between Lero members, stakeholders, and the broader Open Source community and promoting Open Science activities within Lero.
- Academic
Mass General Brigham
The MGB OSPO was formed to support open science activity around the system, which was at the time silo'd and unsupported.
OSPO: Open Science Program Office based in Innovation (Technology Transfer) and sitting across the Office of General Counsel, MGB Digital and MGB Research.
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Mississippi State University
Housed within the Office of Technology Management, the MSU Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is dedicated to supporting and guiding the university community in all aspects of open source. It serves as a central hub for open source strategy, policy and best practices; helping to align the university's open source activities with its broader goals of research excellence, economic development and societal impact.
OSPO: Mississipi State University Open Source Program Office
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Open Technologies Centre at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Το promote and harness the transformative potential of open technologies — technologies defined by their openness to free use, analysis, modification, and redistribution by any user
Website · Code: CentreForOpenTechnologiesAUTH · opentech@auth.gr
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PennState
> The Penn State Open Source Program Office is dedicated to fostering a thriving culture of open source software development, use, and collaboration. We are committed to advancing the knowledge, skills, and opportunities for students, faculty, and the broader Penn State community in the open source domain.
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Rochester Institute of Technology
A Key Research Center serving as the Open Programs Office for RIT, our mission is to support RIT projects, scholarship, and research. Primarily, we work with the RIT community to increase their impact and translation by using Open Work best practices and infrastructure around their dissemination. We also work with faculty to support software and web development around these projects. We provide these services to all members of the RIT community for their new or ongoing scholarly and/or creative work.
OSPO: Situated within VP of Research, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Saint Louis University
Open Source with SLU was established to help SLU researchers with their custom software needs and to give students practical software development experience
OSPO: In the CS Department.
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SnT, University of Luxembourg
University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), is an international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. It plays an instrumental role in Luxembourg by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talents. It also provides due diligence and support for research projects incorporating Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The center works closely with colleagues in the Technology Transfer Of
OSPO: In the Technology Transfer Office
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Stanford University
From their website:
OSPO: As part of Stanford Data Science, in the Center for Open and Reproducible Science (VPR).
- Academic
Syracuse University
The Syracuse University Open Source Project Office (SU-OSPO) works collaboratively across disciplines at a university-wide level, bringing together subject expertise and foundational technologies in open source software. The SU-OSPO promotes the use of open source software in the university community, supports the professional development of faculty and students engaged in open source projects, leverages the University’s investment in technology transfer and open publishing, helps faculty and students transition their existing projects to open source, and works with the University’s Research C
OSPO: In the Office of Research
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The Alan Turing Institute
The Open Source Service Area (OSSA) is situated in Research Engineering and conducts a range of activities that support open source software within The Alan Turing Institute.
OSPO: The Open Source Service Area (OSSA) is not a formal OSPO but carries out a range of OSPO-like activities.
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Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin’s (TCD) OSPO was launched in 2020. The office is a division of Trinity Innovation within the university. The OSPO promotes and supports the principles of open source and open data in knowledge transfer and industry engagement for TCD researchers.
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University of California Berkeley
The University of California Berkeley OSPO houses the campus's extensive open source expertise. The program office also promotes open source principles and interdisciplinary collaboration.
OSPO: In the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS).
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University of California Davis
The UC OSPO network aims to strengthen collaboration and knowledge-sharing among the campuses, demonstrate the value of a networked approach to supporting open source projects, and identify a resource and governance structure to allow the network to grow and thrive.
OSPO: UC Davis, together with five other University of California campuses, is part of the University of California OSPO Network.
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University of California Los Angeles
The UCLA OSPO aims to build awareness and effective support for open source software as a critical component of UCLA Library's goals around open scholarship. The OSPO focuses on instruction and outreach around familiarizing open source concepts to new users. It also plans to host campus events promoting open source software development, including hackathons and workshops.
OSPO: In the Library Data Science Center
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University of California San Diego
OSPO: In the Library
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University of California Santa Barbara
The UC Santa Barbara OSPO is part of the University of California's OSPO network. The UC OSPO network aims to strengthen collaboration and knowledge-sharing among the campuses, demonstrate the value of a networked approach to supporting open source, and identify a resource and governance structure to allow the network to grow and thrive. More information here.
OSPO: In the Libraries and Academic Innovation
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University of California Santa Cruz
CROSS is the research center that the OSPO is based in. The OSPO at UC Santa Cruz is being established to provide a center of gravity that brings together everything needed to unlock that potential. The UCSC OSPO’s mission is to create partnerships with stakeholders within and outside the UC system to promote open source literacy and best practices, helping students learn from open source communities, letting scientists use open source to accelerate research efforts, and connecting students and scientists with sponsors from industry, government, and foundations.
OSPO: In the CROSS Center.
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University of Texas at Dallas
The UTD-OSPO is committed to guiding the development, use and management of open source software for UTD faculty and student researchers.
OSPO: The University of Texas at Dallas OSPO (UTD OSPO) is based in the Office of Research and Innovation.
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University of Texas at El Paso
The UTD-OSPO is committed to accelerating innovation and ensuring reproducibility in scientific studies.
OSPO: The University of Texas at El Paso OSPO (UTEP OSPO) is based in the Office of Research and Innovation.
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University of Texas at San Antonio
The UTSA OSPO will explore how to leverage best practices for open source software to simplify reproducible research; contribute in areas of teaching and learning; and to prepare students to navigate open source culture and community resources.
OSPO: The University of Texas at San Antonio OSPO (UTSA OSPO) is based in the IT Department.
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University of Texas Austin
The UT Austin-OSPO engages with researchers in experiencing and expanding their knowledge and use of open source software through events and talks, a Case Study series, immersive training, one-to-one consultations, Hackathons, and more.
OSPO: The UT Austin-OSPO is situated across the university in the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), the central IT office, (CIO), the School of Information (iSchool), and the University Libraries.
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University of Vermont
The Vermont Open Source Progam Office (VERSO) aims to build university systems and infrastructure to facilitate open source development, open science and open practices through growing infrastructure through supporting the adoption of open source tools, growing open source projects and acting as an educational resource for the entire university.
OSPO: In the Library.
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University of Washington
Current work being undertaken includes:
OSPO: UW's eScience Institute (UW's data science, AI, software engineering center) currently has overall responsiblity for OSPO activities. The eScience Institute also works in partnership with UW Libraries and UW's tech transfer organization to advance open source in the university.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thanks to a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The University of Wisconsin–Madison Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is positioned to support and grow our vibrant open source ecosystem. The OSPO's mission is to collaborate with key stakeholders and community members to provide open source learning opportunities, promote best practices, facilitate the use of open source software in research, and make open source–fueled connections between practitioners and adopters on campus and beyond.
OSPO: In the Data Science Institute.
Government offices: the FLOSS-PSO Network's public-sector OSPO list (CC0), fetched 2026-10-07. Academic offices: the SustainOSS academic map (MIT), the universities and research institutes it lists under “OSPOs”, fetched 2026-10-07. Two FLOSS-PSO offices are universities and are shown as academic. Locations are placed by govoss at each office’s city or its organisation’s headquarters. The same data: /ospos.json.