DISA gets Microsoft source code
As part of a contract for cardholder support services, the defense agency gets access to the proprietary code.
DISA will get to see inside Microsoft's black box -- its proprietary source code -- as part of a new contract.
Open-source solutions aren't the only way for agencies to get access to a project's source code. The Defense Information Systems Agency's new $412 million contract for Microsoft Blue Badge Cardholder-support services, for example, comes with "access rights to Microsoft's proprietary (closed-source) code," according to the June 18 contract announcement.
FCW sister publication Washington Technology reports that the task order contract has a one-year base and four option years.
The original solicitation was issued as an other-than-full-and-open-competitive action, and just one proposal was received.