Objective data, benchmarks and other numeric tangibles have been difficult to come by when discussing the update of open source software in Government. Much analysis remains the domain of corporate-sponsored reports, so its always interesting to see published indicators. I talk to agencies – in the US and abroad – every day that use openContinue reading “Census Says: Governments are Biggest Users of Open Source Software”
Category Archives: Projects
Public Health IT and Open Source Software | Focus at GOSCON 2008
I’m happy to report GOSCON this year is featuring more government open source projects and implementations that ever. I’m especially excited about our Open Public Health IT track which covers the spectrum between local and international governments and vendors. GOSCON is all about building the IT ecosystem and I’m pleased to say this will beContinue reading “Public Health IT and Open Source Software | Focus at GOSCON 2008”
City of Newport News back in it again with Open eGov
Open eGov Wins a second award, returns to GOSCON to tell story and share software One of government’s biggest champions of the enthusiastic yet reasoned use of open source software is Andy Stein, IT director, City of Newport News Virginia. Last year he and his team won a prestigious award for the Plone CMS basedContinue reading “City of Newport News back in it again with Open eGov”
Open Source Software to Support EPA’s National Environmental Information Exchange Network
I’m not a fan of simply passing along a press release, but I found this one to exemplifiy the growing trend I see in open source software in government; OSS adoption and use is moving beyond tools and infrastructure and up the stack More vendors are becoming involved in providing services and support, key toContinue reading “Open Source Software to Support EPA’s National Environmental Information Exchange Network”
Government Open Source Conference 2007
Some day I will join the ranks of diligent bloggers and post here with reasonable frequency. In the mean time, my writing efforts all flow to my favorite project, Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON). It’s coming up in just two weeks in Portland. The process of creating this hand-crafted event gives me plenty to share,Continue reading “Government Open Source Conference 2007”
The City of Newport News, Virginia “Open eGov” project merged with PloneGov
Andy Stein, IT Director for the City of Newport News, Virgina, shared the news of NN’s recently released eGov platform which has now joined PloneGov. In his email today to colleagues Andy related… “Open eGov is our initiative to create a collaboration of multiple local governments that share in the cost of software enhancements andContinue reading “The City of Newport News, Virginia “Open eGov” project merged with PloneGov”
Bryant Group 