Public money public good enforcement. We have laws on the books that federal money spent on rnd should go to opensource, but enforcement is abysmal. The Department of Education being the worst in this regard with a reckless policy of supporting the use proprietary systems built around selling surveillance of its users instead of supporting FOSS alternatives.

Departments need major restructuring. Way too much of federal government is bueracracies vs actionable positions. If we want a government that does, we need to empower doers and shorten the chain between them and president.