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Whitehall's new IT minister, who's it gonna be?
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| Whomever is handed the governmentâs IT
| portfolio will, among other duties, be
| responsible for overseeing the Cabinet
| Officeâs open source and open standards
| software procurement policy, which the
| previous Labour administration rejigged under
| then IT minister Angela Smith in January this
| year.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/13/government_cabinet_office_briefs/
UK hot-swaps leaders - Brown out, Cameron in
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| The Tories also look like following many
| European and US authorities on open source
| and open standards. The party has promised to
| make government data available upon request
| in open-standard formats.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/11/brown_resigns/
Tories and Lib Dems form coalition government
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| The Conservative and Liberal Democrat
| parties, both of which opposed ID cards and
| favour open source, have formed a coalition
| government.
|
| [...]
|
| Both parties are keen on open-source
| software. The Tories have backed the use of
| open standards in major government IT
| projects, which they say will create a "level
| playing field" for open source, and the Lib
| Dems have sung the praises of open source's
| cost benefits.
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2010/05/12/tories-and-lib-dems-form-coalition-government-40088912/
New Government: Tory-Lib Dem Coalition Will Agree On Most Public Sector ICT Issues
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/36347
Goodbye Gordon: The Labour Tech Legacy
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| 7. Open source government
|
| Brownâs government was one of the first to
| use open source tech to help the public
| sector cut IT costs during the economic
| downturn. The decision to encourage greater
| use of open source was based on the need for
| greater support for community development by
| IT vendors, and some commentators claimed
| savings could be as much as Â600 million a
| year.
|
| However, Britain has been found to be lagging
| behind many other countries when it comes to
| open source, and many open source vendors
| have criticised the policy as toothless.
| Meanwhile, the European Commission has warned
| that any progress in using open source and
| open standards will have to be tempered
| against the possibility that the software
| could have downsides in terms of security.
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http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/knowledge/government-it-gordon-browns-tech-legacy-6979
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