BAD IDEA (Score 1)

This is not a good idea. Anything that the government funds gets messed up. Look what they have done to medical research, especially of AIDS. They fund it but then have requirements that must be met. They institute extra protocols and just make a mess of things, slowing down the research process. The same thing will happen to open source software. They will try to control it. Yes, they have done some good things with some public services, but others have ruined progress. Keep the government away from open source software. Grants may be ok, but the government should not gain complete control of open source software like they have done with many other public services. This is just my humble opinion.