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Open source technologies, communities, and methodologies are playing an increasingly important role in international governments and policy-making. Learn more about open government.

Danish municipalities using open source to innovate and collaborate

Danish municipalities are increasingly using free and open source software for collaboration and innovation of ICT solutions. More than 10% of the country's municipalities…

Open source initiatives can strengthen cities’ downtown revitalization

The open government movement in the United States is well underway, though still brand new in terms relative to the pace of the workings of government. Change tends to be…

OpenOakland: Another city learns the value of open communication

I recently co-founded an organization called OpenOakland with Code for America alumni Eddie Tejeda. One of our passions was that we both believe that government can and should…

Government tech stakeholders gather at state hackathon

Great things for open government happened last year on November 15-16 at the 4th annual Capitol Camp event, organized and hosted by the New York State Senate and the New York…

Why some governments are struggling with open source implementation

Observing the open source public policy landscape over the past several months, one couldn’t be blamed for feeling optimistic. Government after government, it seemed, was…

Top 10 FOSS issues of 2012

The year 2012 had many important FOSS legal developments which reflects the continued increase in FOSS use. FOSS projects have increased from 600,000 in 2010 to 900,000 by…

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