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Microsoft controlling Govt 2.0 funds
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| The Government 2.0 Taskforce yesterday released a
| draft contract for those receiving money from its
| Project Fund, which revealed that any funding
| contracts will be between successful bidders and
| Microsoft, not the Commonwealth.
|
| The Project Fund was used by the Taskforce to fund
| initiatives that will provide input into its final
| report and building up government agency "web 2.0
| capabilities". The Taskforce has already asked for
| two rounds of project submissions.
|
| Yet the government has only now revealed that the
| funding arrangements must be made via Microsoft. It
| needed to be so because the taskforce was not a
| legal entity and money was pulled from the Project
| Fund, according to the government â a partnership
| with Microsoft that used funds from a special
| Service Provision Fund.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft-controlling-Govt-2-0-funds/0,130061733,339298859,00.htm
BECTA under pressure too:
Becta Launches New Community Website To Support Schools Using Open Source Software
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| Schools can now get help from a new community
| website to help them decide whether open source
| software might offer benefits for them.
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http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/29075
Recent:
OpenAustralia Community
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| With Rob's permission I have forwarded on his email (attached) here.
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| Yesterday, I discovered that any vendor that gets money from the
| Government 2.0 Taskforce has to sign a contract with Microsoft. The
| reason, as I understand it, is a little long-winded, but basically
| Microsoft and the government had a deal where Microsoft would give the
| government software and in return the government would give Microsoft
| money and some fraction of that money would go in to a fund which
| could then be later used by the government.
|
| The money that the taskforce has to give out comes out of that
| Microsoft fund. So, to gain access to the money the vendors have to
| sign a contract with Microsoft. On the face of it, fair enough, sort
| of.
|
| Yesterday, the taskforce published a draft contract with Microsoft on
| their website: http://gov2.net.au/files/2009/09/Government-2-0-Service-Provider-Agmt...
|
| Below are Rob's comments. Later today, I'll add my comments which I'll
| send to the taskforce as well as this list.
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http://groups.google.com.au/group/openaustralia-dev/browse_thread/thread/170d24abb56134ef
Microsoft whole-of-government deal sealed
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| THE federal Government hopes to save at least $15 million per annum over four
| years through a new whole-of-government arrangement with Microsoft Australia.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25028754-15306,00.html
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