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Interview: Jörg Wurzer of Volla Phone
Dr Jörg Wurzer is the Founder and Managing Director of the company behind the Volla Phone (website), a line of smartphones which use free / open source software, instead of the Android or iOS. (Note…
NEWSCreated: 31/01/2023Updated Date: 31/01/2023
Interview: Maria Dalhage of DIGG (Sweden) on FOSS in government
DIGG is Sweden's Agency for Digital Government. Maria Dalhage is Data and open source specialist at DIGG as well as Community Manager for the National Dataportal. OSOR (Ciarán O'Riordan): DIGG…
NEWSCreated: 24/01/2023Updated Date: 31/01/2023
Interoperable Europe Act and public administration software reuse: join OSOR session in FOSDEM 2023
The Open Source Observatory, at FOSDEM 2023, will present the Commission's Interoperable Europe Act and the proposal's implications for the Open Source ecosystem. FOSDEM 2023 takes place in Brussels…
NEWSCreated: 19/01/2023Updated Date: 19/01/2023
A new step towards Open Source for Dortmund:
The City of Dortmund is moving forward with its goals to make the use and development of Open Source the norm for its public administration by 2025. On 15 December, the city council approved the…
NEWSCreated: 13/01/2023Updated Date: 13/01/2023
The Netherlands Competition Authority does not recognise any infringement of competition in the sharing of Open Source software by a public administration
The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has upheld its decision not to investigate allegations that several municipalities in the country are unfairly competing with software companies by…
NEWSCreated: 09/01/2023Updated Date: 26/01/2023
Dutch government launches Algorithms Register
The Dutch government has launched a website to provide information about the algorithms it uses: https://algoritmes.overheid.nl/. (There's a "Switch to English" option in the top-right corner.) The…
NEWSCreated: 23/12/2022Updated Date: 23/12/2022
The Brno Open Source Declaration sets the next steps for the creation of the Czech national OSPO
Four associations have recently published the Brno Open Source Declaration (https secure connection not available at the moment), which lays the path for the creation of the Czech National Open Source…
NEWSCreated: 14/12/2022Updated Date: 14/12/2022
FSFE software wins EU Datathon 1st prize for “transparency in public procurement”
The TEDective project, submitted by Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), won first prize—and €25,000—in the “transparency in public procurement” category of the 2022 EU Datathon competition…
NEWSCreated: 13/12/2022Updated Date: 14/12/2022
Report from 2 December Open Source Workshops
The 2 December Open Source Workshops were opened by Natalia Aristimuño, Director of Digital Services at DG DIGIT, and Pearse O'Donohue, Director of Future Networks at DG Connect. Ms Aristimuño spoke…
NEWSCreated: 12/12/2022Updated Date: 12/12/2022
New Open Source Strategy for German State of Saxony
The Parliament of Saxony, one of Germany’s 16 federal states, has adopted a motion to develop an Open Source strategy (press release) to counter the issue of the administration’s increasing…
NEWSCreated: 07/12/2022Updated Date: 07/12/2022
OSPO Alliance Good Governance Handbook 1.1 interview
OSPO Alliance aims to promote world class materials on good governance for Open Source Program Offices. They've recently published an updated version 1.1 of their Good Governance Handbook (PDF direct…
NEWSCreated: 01/12/2022Updated Date: 06/12/2022
New Interoperable Europe Act proposal - the start of a community debate
(Event note: Meet OSOR on 2 December in Brussels to discuss the Interoperable Europe Act. Register by 27 November. Information here.) We are very excited about this week's major announcement about the…
NEWSCreated: 24/11/2022Updated Date: 24/11/2022