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Other countries reuse Danish open source tool to scan for GDPR compliance
Public services in Greenland, Sweden and soon maybe even Germany are reusing OS2datascanner, Denmark’s GDPR compliance scanner. The software generates reports on compliance with Europe’s data…
NEWSCreated: 31/08/2020Updated Date: 18/09/2020
Denmark’s OS2 clarifies the legal basis for open source in municipalities
Municipalities using and contributing to open source are balancing their financial, legal, and social responsibilities, concludes a legal note written for OS2, Denmark’s community of public services…
NEWSCreated: 14/07/2020Updated Date: 15/07/2020
GIS video tutorial attracts municipalities from across Europe
An online training course on gvSIG - an open source geographic information system (GIS) - continues to attract new users from Europe and across the globe. Over the past two years the gvSIG Association…
NEWSCreated: 24/04/2020Updated Date: 24/04/2020
Open source tools adopted by seven European cities to fight construction and organic waste
Launched in 2019, the EU-funded CityLoops project aims to tackle the issue of excessive construction and organic waste, which are two of the most significant urban material flows. Using the principles…
NEWSCreated: 19/02/2020Updated Date: 19/02/2020
Denmark’s OS2 directory information tool lets public services manage systems and services
With OS2mo, public services can keep contact details and other information related to employees and their place in the organisation up to date, using authoritative sources of information. Intended to…
NEWSCreated: 09/01/2020Updated Date: 10/01/2020
Reuse award for Denmark’s OS2 open source community
Denmark’s Minister for Public Sector Innovation has awarded the Genbrugprisen (Reuse Award) of DKK 100,000 (about EUR 13,000) to the OS2 community, honouring the municipalities’ development of…
NEWSCreated: 26/03/2019Updated Date: 13/06/2019
Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia join EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
This month the Linux Foundation launched the CHIPS Alliance, which will be home to open source projects related to microprocessors and Systems on a Chip (SoCs). All the early backers — Esperanto…
NEWSCreated: 20/03/2019Updated Date: 03/04/2019
OpenStack powers private cloud for Denmark’s state public services
Six months ago, Denmark’s Agency for Governmental IT Services (Statens It) began making a private cloud computing environment available to all state agencies. The agency is using OpenStack, a well…
NEWSCreated: 23/08/2018Updated Date: 03/04/2019
Danish OS2 community for open source is professionalising
OS2, an open source community open to all Danish public agencies, is in the middle of a professionalisation process. Over the last year, our focus has been on governance, says Business Manager Rasmus…
NEWSCreated: 02/05/2017Updated Date: 02/05/2017
Greenland’s public records system will be open source
Greenland’s next generation public records system is being built as open source. Last autumn, a contract was awarded to Denmark’s Magenta, an open source IT specialist, the company announced in…
NEWSCreated: 06/03/2017Updated Date: 06/03/2017
Denmark’s OS2 open source model challenges incumbents
With its emphasis on open source and open data, and modular, interoperable ICT solutions, OS2 is challenging Denmark’s incumbent public administration ICT organisations. The community favours smaller…
NEWSCreated: 28/12/2016Updated Date: 28/12/2016
Danish taxes seek Linux and Apache services
Denmark’s tax authorities (SKAT) are looking for a service provider that can help them with their tax account system, which uses Apache and Linux servers. SKAT on Wednesday published new information…
NEWSCreated: 02/11/2016Updated Date: 02/11/2016