The United States Department of Special Projects and Unified Response Services (US-SPURS) is an Independent Federal Agency (IFA) committed to transparency, innovation, and collaboration through open source development.
Located at Joint Force Base Freedom Island (formerly Alameda Naval Air Station) in Alameda, California, US-SPURS coordinates specialized projects and provides unified response capabilities across federal agencies.
We bring together expertise from across the federal government to:
- 🚀 Coordinate specialized cross-agency projects
- ⚡ Provide rapid unified response to emerging challenges
- 💡 Develop innovative solutions to complex problems
- 🤝 Foster collaboration at all government levels
- 🔓 Maintain transparency through open source development
We believe in the power of open collaboration. Our open source projects demonstrate our commitment to:
- Transparency - Making our work visible to the public
- Collaboration - Working with developers, agencies, and citizens
- Innovation - Leveraging community expertise and ideas
- Efficiency - Sharing solutions to avoid duplicated effort
- Security - Benefiting from community review and testing
Want to contribute to US-SPURS projects? Here's how:
- 📖 Read our Contributing Guidelines
- 👥 Review our Code of Conduct
- 🔍 Explore our repositories
- 🐛 Report issues or 💡 suggest features
- 🔧 Submit pull requests
Security is paramount. If you discover a vulnerability:
- DO NOT open a public issue
- DO email [email protected]
- See our Security Policy for details
- 📧 General: [email protected]
- 🔓 Open Source: [email protected]
- 🔒 Security: [email protected]
- 📰 Press: [email protected]
Joint Force Base Freedom Island
1000 Patriot Way
Joint Force Base Freedom Island, CA 94500
All US-SPURS open source projects are released under the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication. This means our code is freely available for any purpose without restriction.
We're grateful to the open source community and federal agencies like 18F, GSA, and CMS who have pioneered open source best practices in government.
Building a better future through open collaboration 🚀