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Best Practices for Open Government Software

What are the open components of an ideal open government software project? What comprises the "open" part? Sure, open source, but what else should be openly available?

Open license / public domain, as applicable
Git repo
Software bill of materials (SBOM)
Sprint review videos
Uptime tracking
Documentation (including a welcoming README)
Backlog of user stories
Release history
Security contact
Bug/feature submission
How to contribute
User research (nothing with PII)

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