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A perfect feedback loop

Open source case study

Berlin Technical University and Nextcloud: showing public services how to interact with open source projects QED. Public services commonly wonder how to interact with fluid communities of open source…

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Open Government Partnership National Action Plan of the Slovak Republic 2017 – 2019

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Open Government Partnership National Action Plan of the Slovak Republic 2017 – 2019 (English version) Adopted by the Government Resolution No. 104/2017 In Bratislava, March 1st 2017 Below is the text…

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Open source makes Dutch government cloud a reality

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Data centre services scales services, not costs The Dutch government’s data centre in Groningen (ODC-Noord) is becoming the benchmark for all of the government’s cloud services. ODC-Noord combines the…

eGovernment, eGoverment, case studies
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Vitalinux - Aragon’s school Linux distribution

Open source case study

Ease of use and political support are boosting uptake In Spain’s autonomous community of Aragon a fast growing number of schools are using Vitalinux. This tailored distribution of free and open source…

Education, Science and Research, eGovernment, eGoverment
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The economic and social impact of software & services on competitiveness and innovation

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The study provides market figures (volume and growth) for the European software and software-based services (SSBS) market (EU28 as a whole, as well as the key countries France, Germany, UK and Italy)…

Innovation, information technology, report
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French ministries to build an open archiving platform (VITAM)

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Three French government ministries have pooled resources to build a digital archiving software to secure and maintain digital documents. The software, called Vitam, is an open back-end which could be…

archiving shared service, eGovernment, Interoperability
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Spotlight: the EC’s software development policy

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‘Wherever possible, open source to be the preferred choice’ European Member States’ public administrations wondering what more they can do with software that is developed for them should take a…

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Open Source Observatory Annual Report 2016

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T he Open Source Observatory Annual Report 2016 (PDF) depicts the main trends in open source deployments by Europe’s public administrations in 2015 and early 2016. OSOR has sorted, systematised and…

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Gironde (Bordeaux) to develop an online shared archiving service based on open source

Open source case study

Launched four years ago, the SAEM project in France is supported by the Departmental Council of Gironde, the City of Bordeaux and the Urban Community of Bordeaux. It aims to provide an electronic…

archiving shared service, Open Source, Administrative
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Det sociala kontraktet i en digital tid

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Det sociala kontraktet i en digital tid Nature of documentation: Other

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Nemzeti Infokommunikációs Stratégia 2014 - 2020

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The English version of "Nemzeti Infokommunikációs Stratégia 2014 - 2020" (Nemzeti Infokommunikációs Stratégia 2014 - 2020) was published in October 2015. The purpose of this strategy is to provide as…

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Problems with closed standards in IT Procurement

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This is a study for the Swedish Competition Authority . The study is in Swedish, and includes an English summary. From the announcement : When public bodies implement IT procurements that require…

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