July 10, 2024
Celebrating Software.org’s 10th Annual Girls Who Code Classroom
This June, Software.org hosted its tenth annual two-week Student Immersion Program (SIP) in partnership with Girls Who Code, an engaging program for high school women and nonbinary students wishing to explore a career in technology or gain valuable coding knowledge they can apply to any...
June 26, 2024
Women Leading in Technology and Government: Celebrating a Decade of Empowerment
The panel featured BSA | The Business Software Alliance CEO and Software.org: the BSA Foundation President Victoria Espinel; Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02); SAP Chief Marketing & Solutions Officer Julia White; and Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States Clare Martorana....
May 04, 2021
How Software Supported US Through COVID
Our new report, “Software: Supporting US Through COVID,” with data and analysis from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), demonstrates how software has helped businesses shift their models and promote public health during the pandemic....
January 13, 2021
Software’s Critical Role in COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
As we turn the corner in the fight against the coronavirus, it’s worth looking at the key role that technology and technology companies will play in these efforts....
August 05, 2020
In Unusual Year, Software Expands Reach of Girls Who Code Program
The COVID-19 pandemic canceled all sorts of summer camps and other programs this year, but a healthy dose of innovation actually helped Software.org increase the reach of our regular partnership with Girls Who Code. By leaning on online collaboration tools, the annual coding camp program...
June 11, 2020
As Software Proves Key to Virus Response, the Need to Update Government Systems Becomes Clear
Much will be written about the public health response to COVID-19, but the real lessons for government run much broader. In fact, just as the virus disrupted almost every facet of life, its effects cascaded across the public sector....
June 11, 2020
New Report Highlights Value for Governments in Modernizing IT to Improve Public Sector Resilience
During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of public sector workers rapidly shifted to remote work and even more citizens turned to their devices to access government services. The ability to make those moves highlights the new, central role software plays in the public sector, enabling governments...