Last week I posted the transcript of Marcos Vinicius Ferreira Mazoni comments addressing the International Open ICT Summit at GOSCON on the sustained government initiative in Brazil to use free open source software and open standards. Mazoni’s encouragement to increase the dialog between countries resonated with participants in Portland and those joining by video conference,Continue reading “Brazil Video Short: Software Livre – Free Software Initiative”
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Community Source and Goverment Applications
I’m working on following up with a number of requests for information post-GOSCON. Always number one on my list; agencies looking to determine if/how they might jump in to using open source software development methodology to produce government-specific applications. These applications are typically costly since the market for such is limited. Developing the same verticalContinue reading “Community Source and Goverment Applications”
Brazil: Joint Development Defines Free Software & Standards
It’s Day One of GOSCON and we’re about to start our distributed discussion “Global Dialogue on the Impact of Open Source Software in Transforming Government”. Marcos Vinicius Ferreira Mazoni shared these comments on the sustained government initiative in Brazil to use open source and open standards – proprietary software not excluded. Comments include his viewsContinue reading “Brazil: Joint Development Defines Free Software & Standards”
GOSCON/World Bank Global Webcast Scheduled
International Government Open Source Dignitaries Lead Discussion I promised to share information on the webcast when it became available. Here it is: Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON), Oregon State University and the World Bank’s e-Development Thematic Group invite you to join via live webcast a videoconferenced Global Dialogue between Portland, Washington DC, Moscow, Colombo, Dakar,Continue reading “GOSCON/World Bank Global Webcast Scheduled”
The World Joins the Government Open Source Conference
I’ve been talking with some colleagues over the past few months about putting together a group of folks from Washington, D.C. at the World Bank offices there for a joint session during our first ever International Open ICT Summit. I’d met Samia Melhem when we spoke on a panel together at a Gartner Summit aContinue reading “The World Joins the Government Open Source Conference”
Public Health IT Track at GOSCON Gains Education Credits
It’s that time of year….I’m all about delivering a quality Government Open Source Conference in Portland in just a few weeks. Today I’m pretty thrilled that GOSCON has been approved by the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for up to 4.5 contact hours of continuing education credit towards renewal of the CPHIMS credential. Sessions approvedContinue reading “Public Health IT Track at GOSCON Gains Education Credits”
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