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Building smart cities on the open-source Things Network
LoRa, a low-power, long-range radio technology for networks on a municipal scale, provides a low-cost infrastructure on which municipalities can build a plethora of Internet-of-Things (IoT)…
NEWSCreated: 01/10/2018Updated Date: 04/04/2019
Bulgaria prepares to build its own central code repository
In November, Bulgaria’s state eGovernment agency SEGA (Държавната агенция „Електронно управление“ ДАЕУ) will award a contract for building the country’s open source code repository. SEGA began…
NEWSCreated: 17/09/2018Updated Date: 30/04/2019
Bulgaria to make EUPL preferred open source licence
Next week, the government of Bulgaria will make the European Union Public Licence (EUPL) the preferred licence to be used for governmental software development projects. An ordinance, to be adopted on…
NEWSCreated: 09/12/2016Updated Date: 09/12/2016
European countries awarded for their “star” commitments
Ireland, Ukraine, Romania, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Georgia and Italy are countries whose commitments to Open Government have been awarded by the OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM). IRM…
NEWSCreated: 02/08/2016Updated Date: 02/08/2016
SoldiPubblici one of OGP showcases awarded star status
SoldiPubblici, an open data portal providing the public with information on Italian government expenditure, has been acknowledged as a "star" commitment by the Open Government Partnership (OGP). In…
NEWSCreated: 01/08/2016Updated Date: 01/08/2016
Bulgaria moves towards open source repository
The Bulgarian parliament is likely to approve plans to start a repository for software developed by or for the government. The source code store is to be managed by a new organisation, the eGovernment…
NEWSCreated: 25/04/2016Updated Date: 22/11/2018
Bulgarian ‘Future is Code’ school project ongoing
Introduces some Bulgarian students to open source Bulgaria’s ‘Future is Code’ initiative - where volunteers visit schools to introduce students and teachers to software development - which started in…
NEWSCreated: 24/11/2015Updated Date: 24/11/2015
Bulgaria to start open source repository
Will host all future government IT development projects The government of Bulgaria has proposed to start a repository for open source software. The government also wants to make it mandatory to use…
NEWSCreated: 19/11/2015Updated Date: 14/09/2018
Civil society pushing open source in Bulgaria
Requirements added to preliminary criteria for eGovernment projects The civil society organisation Obshtestvo.bg Foundation has been pressing as well as helping the Bulgarian government to…
NEWSCreated: 31/07/2015Updated Date: 31/07/2015
Open source part of Bulgarian eGovernment tender requirements
The Bulgarian government has added open source as a requirement to its 'Preliminary criteria for the eligibility of eGovernment projects'. The document states that: all rights with regard to the…
NEWSCreated: 30/07/2015Updated Date: 30/07/2015
Open source everywhere at Plovdiv military prosecution
Open source solutions are used in all parts of the organisation at the Military Prosecutor's office in the Bulgarian province of Plovdiv. The public administration's IT staff by default uses the…
NEWSCreated: 12/05/2014Updated Date: 12/05/2014
BG: President praises Open Source conference
Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov is voicing his support for the Open Source conference OpenFest, taking place in Sofia this weekend. "Open Source technologies helps to solve important problems such…
NEWSCreated: 23/10/2007Updated Date: 23/10/2007