Open Source For Government: "Bureaucrats, Technocrats and Policy Cats: How the Government is turning to Open Source, and Why."
Read more »At OSCON: Why the Government is Turning to Open Source
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A New Voice for Open Source in Government
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I'm pleased to report this morning on the formation of a new advocacy group for the use of free and open source software in the U.S. Government.
Read more »Open Source for America Announced
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More than 70 organizations and individuals have joined to form a "unified voice" encouraging the U.S. government to support and participate in open source software.
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New Zealand Post Dumps Microsoft for Google, Lies Ensue
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Another large-scale abandonment of Microsoft; Seattle press lies about it
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Russia’s Antimonopoly Service Targets ASUS, Toshiba and others, for Potentially Colluding with MS
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Open source evangelists lock horns with Nasscom
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Proponents of the open source and proprietary software sectors have clashed over a proposal to support multiple standards for the country's e-government projects.
Read more »Russia Continues Migration to GNU/Linux in Government, Microsoft Creates New Prevention Measures
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As authorities continue to attain autonomy, Microsoft creates unit of global alliances
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Swiss Open Source Decision Going Microsoft's Way
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A preliminary ruling around the legality of the Swiss government's decision to allow a software contract to be awarded to Microsoft without any other vendors being asked to tender has found in favour of the tech giant.
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UKGovOSS opens for discussion on open source in government
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A new site, UKGovOSS.org, has been launched by Public Sector Forums to encourage discussion about open source and open standards in government. The UKGovOSS.org was created to continue the discussion which started at PSF's Local Government Open Source Conference in April 2009.
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UK Government ditches Microsoft's Cloud in favour of Open Source?
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Recently I reported that with the move of Martin Bellamy from the NHS Microsft IT project to the Cabinet Office to 'run' G-Cloud. It looked ominously like a step towards a fully outsourced MS Azure project.
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British Local Authorities Hesitant on Open Source
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A new survey by the Public Sector Forums in the U.K. on public financing of IT costs was based on a sample of 168 local authorities.
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Obama, open source & healthcare
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Linux-based and open-source healthcare software has been around for years. Unless you were in health IT, however, chances are you never even heard of it. It's time to pay attention, because it may soon be tracking your medical records.
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Thoughts from OSCON 2009: Open government, concurrency
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According to O'Reilly, the entity Gov 2.0 has several features. It emphasizes transparency of social networks and allows citizen contribution and collaboration. It treats government as a platform and a means of collective action, but it's about Benjamin Franklin's concept of citizen action, not what Donald Kent called "vending machine government."
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Danish Competition Authority Recommends ODF and OOXML
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The Danish Competition Authority has conducted a market analysis of office software so as to give governmental agencies recommendations for public purchases. The results are a definite "live and let live" between the competing standards ODF and OOXML.
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NHIN code-a-thon may change government attitude toward open source
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Tomorrow, the Department of Health and Human Services will host its first "code-a-thon" dedicated to the National Health Information Network and its Connect software
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