The Center of Open Source & Government   <EGovOS.org>

Government Open Source Policy Guidelines

The Center of Open Source & Government Provides Open Source Policy Guidelines, and Endorses the South African Proposed Strategy for Using Open Source Software in the South African Government

New from The Department of Defense

DoD puts Open Source on a level playing field with proprietary software - issues guidance for using Open Source at DoD

New event!

EGOVOS 3: Open Standards and Libre Software in Government

Paris, France
November 24-26, 2003

Call for Papers

O-STEP - The Open Source Threshold Escrow Program

O-STEP provides for a sustainable business model for Open Source software development by small and large businesses.

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Open Standards/Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU

The Center of Open Source & Government is proud to present a conference on "Open Standards/Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU"

Washington, DC
March 17 - 19, 2003

Conference Program [PDF 999K]
View agenda by track | View schedule | View PDF of schedule

Sponsors:
deIS     IBM     IBM

    Red Hat         Sun         Oracle

        Development Gateway         UNDP

DC Tech         Sun

Affiliates:
CSPRI
The Cyberspace Security Policy & Research Institute

GWU
The George Washington University