Thank you for taking the time to contribute!
We're so thankful you're considering contributing to an open source project of the U.S. government! If you're unsure about anything, please feel free to reach out to the points of contact documented in the project readme. The worst that can happen is you'll be politely asked to change something. We appreciate all friendly contributions.
We encourage you to read this project's LICENSE, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, and its README.
There are a number of ways to contribute to this project.
If you do not find your bug in our issues list, file a bug report. When reporting the bug, please follow these guidelines:
- Please use the Bug Report issue template This is populated with information and questions that will help TANF Data Portal (TDP) developers resolve the issue
- Use a clear and descriptive issue title for the issue to identify the problem.
- Describe the exact steps to reproduce the problem in as much detail as possible. For example, start by explaining how you got to the page where you encountered the bug and what you were attempting to do when the bug occurred.
- Describe the behavior you observed after following the steps and point out what exactly is the problem with that behavior.
- Explain which behavior you expected to see instead and why.
- Include screenshots, animated GIFs, or videos if possible, which show you following the described steps and clearly demonstrate the problem.
- If the problem wasn't triggered by a specific action, describe what you were doing before the problem happened.
If you don't have specific language or code to submit but would like to suggest a change, request a feature, or have something addressed, you can open an issue in this repository.
In this issue, please describe the use case for the feature you would like to see -, what you need, why you need it, and how it should work. Team members will respond to the Feature request as soon as possible. Often, Feature request suggestions undergo a collaborative discussion with the community to help refine the need for the feature and how it can be implemented.
Please refer to readmes in the project repo's root, how we work, and technical documentation folders for detailed information on contributing to the project. Please see our-workflow.md for details on current PR processes.
The Department of Health and Human Services is committed to ensuring the security of the American public by protecting their information from unwarranted disclosure. We want security researchers to feel comfortable reporting vulnerabilities they have discovered so we can fix them and keep our users safe. We developed our disclosure policy to reflect our values and uphold our sense of responsibility to security researchers who share their expertise with us in good faith.
Submit a vulnerability: Unfortunately, we cannot accept secure submissions via email or via GitHub Issues. Please use our website to submit vulnerabilities at https://hhs.responsibledisclosure.com. HHS maintains an acknowledgements page to recognize your efforts on behalf of the American public, but you are also welcome to submit anonymously.
Review the HHS Disclosure Policy and websites in scope: https://www.hhs.gov/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/index.html.
This policy describes what systems and types of research are covered under this policy, how to send us vulnerability reports, and how long we ask security researchers to wait before publicly disclosing vulnerabilities.
This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.
All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request or issue, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.
TDP operates under ACF's Privacy Policy.