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I’ve written quite a few posts regarding the value of both ‘cloud’ and ‘open source’ computing in government service. However, a recent comment I saw elsewhere suggested that ‘cloud’ computing retained many of the issues of ‘proprietary’ software, and that whilst ‘open source’ should be welcomed, ‘cloud’ shouldn’t. With the UK... [read more]
Attendees of the recent Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) were privy to some of the most thoughtful conversations about open source in government I've heard this year. A packed room for a panel on cost savings in Washington, D.C., confirmed that strong interest in saving taxpayer dollars through open source exists in the... [read more]
The United States Director of National Intelligence released “GOSS for Govies” during this year’s U.S. military open source software 2011 Working Group 3 in Atlanta, GA. The livestream for the MIL OSS conference is embedded below: Video streaming by Ustream The handbook, which is embedded below, offers a guide to doing open source... [read more]
(there is a section on this topic focused on governments below) A hint of how social data could change journalism Anyone who’s heard me speak in the last 6 months knows I’m excited about BuzzData. This week, while still in limited access beta, the site is showing hints its potential – and it still has only a few hundred users. First,... [read more]
Indivo is an open-source Personal Health Record (PHR) system. Last month, Andy Oram interviewed Daniel Haas of Children's Hospital about this project, which Haas will present at OSCON. Photo by Kurhan. [read more]
Alternative title for this post: How our Government's fear of Open Source Software is costing us Billions. So, I've been meaning to blog this for several months now. Back in November I remember coming across this great, but very short, interview in the Globe and Mail with Ken Kizer. Who, you might ask, is Ken Kizer? He's a former Naval... [read more]
I don't write about eGovernment issues too often, but I do keep an eye on UK policy developments as part of the regular updating process for the Tech Policy Scorecard. One of the things I noticed recently was the changing wording of the government's position on open source software. In the Conservative election manifesto there was a... [read more]
Post by Stuart McKee, Microsoft State & Local Government National Technology Officer Today I am delivering a keynote address at the annual Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco. In my keynote, “Microsoft and Open Source: A New Perspective” I will talk about the opportunities for open source applications running on and... [read more]
Sitting at Day Two of the inaugural Mil-OSS Working Group event at Georgia Tech Research Institute’s facilities. First day was good, but I can’t help but feel like we’ve not made much progress over the past few years. I suppose my attitude of “just do open source” hasn’t helped this much. But honestly, I’m not up for COTS vs OSS vs... [read more]
Britain is over regulated. Laws, regulation and red tape stifle individuals, infantilise communities and strangle enterprise. We need a Great Repeal Bill. Bills are traditionally drafted by "experts" and professional politicians. But it will require the wisdom and experience of all those struggling to cope... [read more]
MIL-STD-2525B is a subset/cousin of a STANAG standard for military symbology. We’re interested in these symbols as map icons. There’s proprietary options – but, that forces a specific library/framework. Obviously, especially within the Mil/DoD space, not everything makes sense to be an Open Source Software project. But, then... [read more]
The New York State Senate launched a new feature rich website last month. It comes complete with lots of neat open government features. The site is open and clean with a similar presentation layout to many of the new Obama Administration sites, such as whitehouse.gov and recovery.gov. It’s easily navigable, and is heavily focused... [read more]
In conjunction with the Data.gov launch, Sunlight Labs in partnership with Google has launched the Apps for America 2 competition to find the best mash ups using US Federal government data.Over US$20,000 is being given away for open source online applications using the Federal datasets at Data.gov based on the following criteria:... [read more]
The Timely Information to Citizens project was setup as part of the UK Government white paper Communities in Control: Real People, Real Power, published in July 2008. This paper dealt with how people can use existing and new tools to exert power, influence and control within their communities. One of the primary aspects of the paper was... [read more]
Dean Halstead is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
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I understand that there's always a need to experiment for new design to make it better but they also keep in mind that the more they add details, the more they make it complicated. The CFPB, which opened up for business last summer, said Wednesday that it will next be going after loan providers ...
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