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Obama, Carl Malamud, and Where Are All of the Open Source People?
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| While it is a long shot to make Carl the head of the GPO (the decisions are
| made by Congress, and the statutory requirements may be an issue*), the
| campaign for Carl raises a larger issue. Where are the free spirits and open
| source people in the Obama Administration? So far, they are certainly not
| getting high profile jobs, unlike, for example, the many copyright lawyers
| who are known for their devotion to the entertainment business.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/obama-carl-malamud-and-wh_b_169768.html
Open Sourcing America's Operating System
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/02/open-sourcing-americas-operating-system.html
Wedding Open Source to Government Service Delivery
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| One of the challenges I’m most interested in is how we can wed “open” systems
| to government hierarchies. In a lecture series I’ve developed for Health
| Canada I’ve developed a way of explaining how we do this already with our 911
| service.
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| To being, I like using 911 as an example because people are familiar and
| comfortable with it. More importantly, virtually everyone agrees that it is
| not only an essential piece of modern government service but also among the
| most effective.
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http://eaves.ca/2009/02/25/wedding-open-source-to-government-service-delivery/
Recent:
An open door for open source?
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| Federal government puts out a call for information on free software
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| [...]
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| Some examples of popular open-source software include the Linux operating
| system, the word processing suite OpenOffice and the web browser Mozilla
| Firefox.
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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/12/tech-feds-open-source.html
Vietnam to widely use open source software
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| Vietnams Ministry of Information and Communications has instructed that 100%
| of all of Vietnams government agencies servers must run free software by June
| 30, 2009. They also mandate that IT divisions train their staff to use this
| software and require 50% of the drones to be able to use the
| technology “proficiently”.
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http://billyduc.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/vietnam-to-widely-use-open-source-software/
Transparency and Open Government
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| One of the first documents our new President signed within his first day in
| office is this memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. It is a memo
| that I am personally very happy to see, not only because I agree so strongly
| with its content. For the last couple of months I have been a member of the
| Technology, Innovation & Government Reform (TIGR) transition policy group
| focusing on innovation and government. This Presidential memo covers
| precisely the area that we worked on.
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http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2009/01/transpar.html
Cuba Launches Own Linux Variant to Counter U.S.
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| A Linux operating system variant called Nova, introduced in Cuba at a
| computer conference on technological sovereignty, is part of an effort to
| replace the Microsoft software running most of Cuba's computers. The Cuban
| government views the use of Microsoft systems as a potential threat because
| it says U.S. security agencies have access to Microsoft codes.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Cuba-Launches-Own-Linux-Variant-to-Counter-US/?kc=rss
Russian Federation Commits to Open Source
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| Open source software development in Russia is one of the most important
| directives for Igor Schegolev - the Head of the Ministry of Information
| Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation. At a key meeting
| with Werner Knoblich, Red Hat Vice President for EMEA, he announced support
| for a Russian Fedora association and for Red Hat development in the Russian
| Federation. He also expressed support for open source infrastructure and
| applications, and the development of a repository for industry best practice.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1981634.htm
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