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Newsletter: Open Source in the Bundestag + Work with us!

By Powen Shiah

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Email newsletter on 19 December 2024: Marking the end of an eventful year, five open positions at the Sovereign Tech Agency, public hearing in the German parliament about open source, and a paper on measuring the impact of our investments

Over the past year, we set the future course for the Sovereign Tech Agency and reaffirmed our mission. From launching the Sovereign Tech Fellowship, to investing in around 20 critical infrastructure technologies through the Sovereign Tech Fund, to speaking at the United Nations and the German parliament, to developing a toolkit for measuring impact… these are just a few highlights of many in 2024.

2025 is full of opportunities to work together to build and maintain digital infrastructure in the public interest. With several new positions open, we’re looking forward to expanding our team and developing new ways to achieve this mission. Join us!


Jobs @ Sovereign Tech Agency

We’re looking for new people to join our team and strengthen digital infrastructure in the public interest! We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:

If you know people who might be interested, please share these jobs with them! We post all positions on our jobs page.

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Public Hearing in the German Parliament about Open Source

On 4 December 2024, the German parliament's digital committee convened a hearing on open source, to which Adriana Groh, CEO of the Sovereign Tech Agency, was invited to share her expert testimony and insights. We’ve published her opening statement and the full written response to the committee's questions

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Measuring the impact of our investments: Introducing a co-authored paper

Research and Policy Manager Paul Sharratt co-authored a paper, A toolkit for measuring the impact of public investments for open source software developmentbased on our practical learnings and reflections from the field.

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Listening Tip: OpenSSF’s What’s in the SOSS? Podcast

Need something to listen to over the holidays? Sovereign Tech Agency’s technologist Tara Tarakiyee was a guest on the Open Source Security Foundation’s podcast and spoke about our work and funding critical digital infrastructure technologies.

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