Top 10 FAQs
- What is the Forge.mil Program?
- What is SoftwareForge?
- What is ProjectForge?
- What is the difference between SoftwareForge and ProjectForge?
- What capabilities are available in the system?
- What are the guidelines for participating?
- How can I get access to Forge.mil (CAC users)?
- How can I get access to Forge.mil (ECA Certificate users)?
- How do I order a RACE Node?
- Where do I go to download DoD/ECA Root and Intermediate Certificates?
Forge.mil News
2010 News
- Software.forge.mil and Project.forge.mil maintenance was successfully completed on 08/13/2010. For details, see SWF:page1980.
- March 22, 2010 Forge.mil Project Director, Rob Vietmeyer, and Community Manager, Guy Martin, named in 2010 Federal 100 Winners
Guy Martin is the open-source community manager and guru for the Defense Information Systems Agency's Forge.mil, which was designed for cooperative software development. The program is revolutionizing information sharing at the Defense Department by enabling faster development and deployment of new capabilities that support the department's emphasis on network centricity.
- March 18, 2010 Forge.mil selected as 2010 Excellence.Gov Finalist
The Excellence.Gov Awards Program recognizes those federal programs - and their managers - who have achieved exceptional results in the management of IT to support the government's mission and serve citizens.
- January 13, 2010 DISA's Next Step in Collaborative Software Development is ProjectForge
Arlington, Va. - The Defense Department's newest collaborative software development tool just entered limited operating availability capacity for individual DoD projects or programs. ProjectForge is the newest offering in the Defense Information Systems Agency's family of services enabling continuous collaboration among DoD software developers, testers, certifiers, operators, and users. Its private project portals expand on SoftwareForge's capabilities in hosting public projects for software reuse and collaborative development.
2009 News
- September 15, 2009 Forge.mil receives award at InformationWeek 500
Borrowing a page from the open source community, the Department of Defense's Defense Information Systems Agency launched Forge.mil almost a year ago to facilitate software sharing among U.S. military branches.
- August 10, 2009 Forge.mil is setting an example again
Federal Computer Week (FCW) describes the evolution of information sharing within the DoD and how Forge.mil is setting the example.
- July 27, 2009 Forge.mil named to "Great dot-gov Web Sites 2009"
Government Computer News (GCN) describes how Forge.mil embraces the Web's full potential with a focus on bringing net-centric speed to software development.


