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The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OECD) is calling for comments on its AI Primer: deadline 1/09/2019
The Observatory of Innovation in Public Administration (OPSI) has been working to develop a “primer” on AI to help public leaders and civil servants navigate the challenges and opportunities…
NEWSCreated: 24/08/2019Updated Date: 30/08/2019
Russia scrapped open source plans to focus on self-reliance
The Russian Federation aims to rid its public services of reliance on foreign software suppliers. The objectives are for Russia to gain control over the software that is uses, and to create…
NEWSCreated: 15/08/2019Updated Date: 16/08/2019
Russian observers test election monitoring app
Ethereum-based software will become publicly available early next year National Public Monitoring (NOM), a Russian independent association of public observers, has been testing a monitoring tool for…
NEWSCreated: 28/11/2018Updated Date: 04/04/2019
Russia kicks out IBM, Microsoft and Oracle
The State Duma, the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly, is working on a law to reduce government dependence on IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. According to Bloomberg, Russian government agencies will…
NEWSCreated: 22/11/2016Updated Date: 22/11/2016
Russia deploying public pressure mechanisms to improve efficiency of road construction and maintenance
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has set in motion an action plan to increase competitiveness and quality in road works, and to improve public control mechanisms in this area, in an…
NEWSCreated: 18/12/2015Updated Date: 18/12/2015
Wikimedia renews Public Policy site
Last month, the Wikimedia Foundation — which is responsible for the Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikimedia and other Wiki* projects — launched its renewed Public Policy website. On the site, the…
NEWSCreated: 15/10/2015Updated Date: 15/10/2015
Russia to replace proprietary software with open source
The Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications has announced a plan to replace proprietary software with open source and locally produced software. The plan is one of the measures aimed at…
NEWSCreated: 23/06/2015Updated Date: 23/06/2015
New stable release: GRASS GIS 7.0.0 software
The GRASS GIS Development team has announced the release of the new major version GRASS GIS 7.0.0. This version provides many new functionalities including spatio-temporal database support, image…
NEWSCreated: 22/02/2015Updated Date: 22/02/2015
Russian postal service switches to Open Source desktop
The Russian postal service is switching to an Open Source desktop, based on GNU/Linux, reports Cnews, an IT news site. Cost cuttings are the main reason for the migration. The IT news site says…
NEWSCreated: 15/05/2008Updated Date: 15/05/2008
Moscow regional government to migrate to Open Source desktop
The Moscow regional administration will test usefulness of an Open Source desktop by migrating several hundreds of desktop PCs to Mandriva GNU/Linux and by installing OpenOffice on a thousand others…
NEWSCreated: 13/05/2008Updated Date: 13/05/2008
Russia to install GNU/Linux in every school
Russia is going to install GNU/Linux in all schools in the country. This was announced by Leonid Reiman, acting Minister of Communication, at a press conference on 14 September. According to a news…
NEWSCreated: 25/09/2007Updated Date: 25/09/2007
Digital transformations & global society 2016
The Conference “Digital Transformations & Global Society” will be held in June 23-24, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Conference is organized by ITMO University (E-Governance Center and eScience…
EVENTCreated: 07/06/2016Updated Date: 07/06/2016