With help from Don Gessaman, Sean O'Keefe at Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was briefied on the need for a national Open Source Program, and agreed in principle to a $125 million first year start. Then he moved to the National and Aeronautics Administration, and the opportunity for a Presidential Initiative was lost.
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