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Could governments effectively subsidize open-source development? | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News

"Lastly, I suggested that governments might get involved to shore up funding for open-source software development. As I noted, governments derive massive benefit from open source (and from IT spending, generally). Why not fund more of it?"

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FSUIT - Partial strategy: Open Source Software (OSS)

The OSS strategy defines the Federal Administration's use of OSS for the next four years (i.e. until the end of 2007) and ensures that OSS becomes an equivalent alternative to its counterpart CSS.

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Social Innovation Conversations: Amory Lovins

Pretty good podcast about energy issues. I don't agree with everything Lovins says here, but it's food for thought.

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Policies Relating to Web Accessibility - WAI

W3C WAI's list of government policies organized by countries (A-Z)

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Linux.com :: UK Greens connect to free software

Encouraging the use of FOSS in public institutions would improve government, "because it would force government to be more open, transparent, and participatory. [...] We desperately need the participatory ethic of free software to transform government."

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UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network — UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network

"The International Open Source Network (IOSN) is a Center of Excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific Region. It shapes its activities around Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies and applications."

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SA government to switch to open source

"The South African Cabinet today announced that it had approved a free and open source strategy and that government would migrate its current software to free and open source software." -- Bold move. Watch out for a tough Novell vs. Ubuntu (Canonical plus

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NewsForge | Canadian Census controversy continues

Canadian online census forms block free software users from participating, possibly violating government policies and treaties.

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