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Denmark has begun working on a guide on the use of open source within the public sector
June 8th it was decided by the Committee on Architecture and Standards under the Danish Agency for Digitisation to create a joint guide on the use of open source in the Danish public sector. The…
NEWSCreated: 16/08/2021Updated Date: 10/03/2023
A successful year for a self-service and webforms solution in Denmark
The Danish self-service solution, which places public self-service first and webforms second, has had a great year. Organisation around it has become more stable and with the coming features 'Flow' it…
NEWSCreated: 15/12/2020Updated Date: 08/05/2021
A Danish story about user management across all organisations
Digital identity and right management are the foundation for the security component OS2faktor. The aim is to make it possible to use for instance a municipality login for a regional login page…
NEWSCreated: 08/12/2020Updated Date: 08/05/2021
A Danish open source data processing platform
Datatidy is an Open Source data processing motor for public organisations. It was released in September by a collaboration between cross-public organisations in Denmark. Datatidy makes is eaier to…
NEWSCreated: 01/12/2020Updated Date: 08/05/2021
The implementation of a system used by close to 80% of Danish municipalities
OS2kitos provides enormous value when the system is implemented, however, it does require some work by the municipalities in the implementation process. 77 of the 98 Danish municipalities use OS2kitos…
NEWSCreated: 24/11/2020Updated Date: 08/05/2021
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