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Software vendors and the UK Government: how to peer behind the scenes
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| The Spencer System allows the Open Source advocate to counter the
| machinations of the cosy relationships between established vendors and
| government.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/software-vendors-and-the-uk-government-how-to-peer-behind-the-scenes.html
Recent:
Tories call for health computer systems cuts
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| Mr O'Brien insisted that "open source" systems could be more secure. We guess
| he means open source database software run by government offices, not
| inviting all the world's under-employed programmers to rewrite the UK's NHS
| software systems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1528873/tories-health-systems-cuts
Conservatives publish NHS IT policy pledges
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| The Conservatives say they "welcome these conclusions" in part because they
| are "consistent with our plans to free the NHS from Labour's central control
| and interference so that it is locally accountable to patients and can focus
| on improving the results of their treatment".
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http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/08/conservatives-publish-nhs-it-p.html
Archives names expert as new FOIA ombudsman
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| Miram Nisbet has been hired to head the Office of Government Information
| Services, which is housed at the National Archives and Records
| Administration. The ombudsman's office was created by the 2007 amendments to
| the Freedom of Information Act to be an intermediary between government
| agencies and requesters.
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http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=10828
Transparency against malpractic
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| As a result of my new enthusiasm to 'get out more' I found myself listening
| to a detailed and balanced 'non-advocacy' presentation from a respected OSS
| Watch staffer.
|
| He explained patiently how open source licencing worked and how it differed
| from proprietary licences. But what he did say whilst looking for an everyday
| resonance to make his points accessible to a non-geek audience, and which
| really sharpened every-one's attention, was that proprietary software was
| built on secret code whereas open source software had transparent code.
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| Proprietary software IS composed of secret code. You can't read it, you don't
| know what it does (other than what you can see it do), you don't know how it
| does it and you can't change it.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/secret-code-and-the-damage-it-does-to-our-society.html
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