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European Parliament To Restart The Workgroup On Open Source Software
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| A number of members of the European
| Parliament are about to start an informal
| cross-party working group on 'New Media,
| Free and Open Source Software and Open
| Information Society'. The intergroup is
| expected to begin in February 2010, with the
| support of the European People's Party
| (EPP), the Alliance of Liberals and
| Democrats (Alde) and the European Greens.
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http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/32905
The Bugs in Mayor's Open Source Software Announcement
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| So what does it mean for San Franciscans?
| Not much, yet. It will probably be a few
| years before the city realizes significant
| savings, much less improved efficiency and
| interoperability. And for open source
| developers in San Francisco, it will
| probably be a long time before city IT
| employees (or citizens) are enabled or
| empowered to contribute to the codebase of
| open source software on city time or for the
| city's benefit. But hey, the taxpayer-funded
| Web site built for Newsom is apparently
| powered by open source solutions, so there's
| that.
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http://sfappeal.com/business_tech_re/2010/01/the-bugs-in-mayors-open-source-software-announcement.php
Open-source Austin
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| While there is no way most cities can
| compete with national and state governments
| in terms of scandal and sleaze, there are
| many ways they can enhance public awareness
| and involvement. One innovative way to do
| this is by adapting open-source software.
|
| San Francisco recently enacted the nationâs
| first open-source software policy for city
| government, and Austin should follow because
| it will save the city millions, lead to
| greater public involvement and improve how
| our city runs.
|
| Open-source software is software for which
| the source code is free to access and modify
| and not copyrighted. Essentially, it means
| that anybody who wants to can access the
| software and improve upon it. This is ideal
| for city government because it allows the
| public to collectively utilize its talent to
| improve the way the city runs.
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http://www.dailytexanonline.com/opinion/open-source-austin-1.2147951
Recent:
Why Open Source is the New Software Policy in San Francisco
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| Moving forward, there is an opportunity to
| save millions of dollars in software costs by
| using open source software. We are only
| scratching the surface. We can and must do
| more in the face of historic budget deficits.
| Our new open source policy requires the City
| to choose new technology wisely.
|
| This is just the beginning of the Open Gov
| movement in San Francisco, but our early
| efforts are paying off.
|
| Since the launch of DataSF last summer, the
| Cityâs clearinghouse of government datasets,
| we have seen our tech community create new
| services and products never dreamed of within
| the walls of government. And now we are giving
| people access to technology systems like our
| 311 call center through open source, so they
| can decide how and when they interact with
| government.
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http://mashable.com/2010/01/22/open-source-san-francisco/
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