I just came back from watching Richard Stallman talk. His suggestion clearly was to mandate that all new government contracts immediately require Free Software specification. I'm not a hard-liner, but…
Country EU-wide Organisation Smart Cities: An innovation network between governments and academic partners Short Description The Smartcities’ guide to ICT architectures is a useful source of…
Country Germany Organisation Federal Association of Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media - BITKOM Short Description These guides were created as a result of a working group led by…
Information Technology, BITKOM, telecommunications
Country EU Organisation IDABC: Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens Short Description This is not a general purpose guide for…
public administrations, open-source software, OSOSS
Country Sweden Organisation Swedish National Police Short Description This case study provides an example of a public authority undertaking a full business appraisal to move away from a proprietary…
Country United Kingdom Organisation HM Government, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General - UK Short Description The publication of the Open Standards Principles is a fundamental step…
Country Germany Organisation The German Commission of the Federal Government for IT Short Description Modern e-government calls for interoperable information and communication systems which (ideally)…
Country Republic of Malta Organisation Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) Short Description In essence the National ICT Interoperability Framework (NIF) intention is to guide the public sector…
Country Republic of Malta Organisation Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) Short Description The Government of Malta has adopted the definitions and direction proposed by the European…
European Interoperability Framework, EIF, open specifications
Country Netherlands Organisation Dutch Standardisation Forum and Board Short Description The goal of the Dutch government policy on open standards is to promote interoperability of the Dutch public…
interoperability, open standards, Dutch Standardisation
Country United Kingdom Organisation HM Government, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Short Description Through the Standards Hub anyone can get involved in the process of…
Country Lithuania Organisation Information Society Development Committee under the Ministry of Transport and Communications Short Description SIRIP (State Information Resource Interoperability…
interoperability, e-services, public cloud services