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The German Federal Development Portal
The German Federal IT Cooperation (FITKO) develops the Federal Development Portal as a part of the IT Planning Council project “FIT-Connect the Federal”. This portal (source code licensed under the…
NEWSCreated: 01/06/2022Updated Date: 01/06/2022
Free and open source softwareFree and open source software in Public AdministrationsICT standardisation in eGovernment+2 topics
New rules will be adopted by “traffic light” coalition that will be major boon for open source
The new German federal government is in office since early December and promises to give open source in the biggest EU Member State another boost, with a number of new commitments. Open source will be…
NEWSCreated: 21/01/2022Updated Date: 21/01/2022
Free and open source softwareFree and open source software in Public AdministrationsICT standardisation in eGovernment+1 topics
German government executes OSS-based vision of digital sovereignty
The German government is taking the next steps to fulfil its commitment of increasing the level of digital sovereignty of its public sector. In a recent decision, the Conference of the IT Coordinators…
NEWSCreated: 07/07/2021Updated Date: 07/07/2021
Free and open source softwareFree and open source software in Public AdministrationsOpen government+2 topics
City of Dortmund commits to preferring open source
In what was likely the biggest success of the independent civil society organisation Do-FOSS, the city council of Dortmund adopted two resolutions, setting out the goal for the city to make the use…
NEWSCreated: 03/05/2021Updated Date: 03/05/2021
DE - Implementation of SAGA 5 made mandatory for Federal Government Entities
On 3 November 2011, the IT Council of the Federal Government in Germany decided to make the implementation of the fifth version of 'Standards and Architectures for eGovernment Applications' (SAGA)…
NEWSCreated: 16/12/2011Updated Date: 16/12/2011