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eGovOS Running Again
The Center for Open Source in Government [www.eGovOS.org], along with The Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI) of The George Washington University and others, is proud to present their second Open Source in Government conference called "Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU" to be held in Washington, DC, USA, March 17 - 19, 2003.
This conference is designed to discuss best practices, raise awareness and share experiences among policy makers and senior IT officials from the U.S. and Europe. The conference will draw participants from local, national and international organizations from the public, private and academic sectors.
We strongly encourage Open Source companies to submit proposals, since government officials at the last conference were particularly interested in the Open Source companies, Zope and DevIS, because they provided examples of Open Source solutions that the government could buy.
To facilitate the organization of topics and events at the conference, you are invited to submit speaking and demonstration proposals.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Citizen-Centric eGovernment
Open Source XML Solutions
Open Source and Open Standards
Open Source and Enterprise Architecture
State / Local Government using Open Source
The Role of Open Source in Government
Demonstrations of Open Source Projects
Open Source and Security
Open Source and the Critical Information Infrastructure
NIAP/Common Criteria Evaluations and Open Source
Open Source in the Military
Open Source, PKI and Standards-based Authentication
Open Source in Higher Education
Open Source in Health Care and Bioinformatics
Open Source in Training IT Computer Science Students
Business Cases: Open Source Software and Total
Cost of Ownership
Open Source Empowering People with Disabilities
Open Source and Section 508
Open Source Licenses and other Legal Issues
Dates to Remember:
Deadline for speaking proposals: January 10, 2003
Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2003
Final submissions due: January 31, 2003
Conference: March 17-19, 2003
The conference website can be found at http://www.egovos.org.
That's great news. I guess a more organized approach is always welcome.
Hmmm... Ok.. Chivas on the rocks.
Man, I wish I was going to be back in the states at that time, I would love to attend a good Open Source rally! I hope this goes over well. This could be great for the OS movement.
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I have been in direct contact with eGovOS too, but mentioning Openchallenge here as well cannot harm. We are trying to make this work for public authorities as well - the more the merrier :). We have already got some positive feedback:
I congratulate you with the practical and inspiring approach taken by Openchallenge. It is interesting that this scheme both stimulates the release of open source software and is also operated by people within the open source community itself. Perhaps such a "challenge posting" scheme is also of interest for public authorities to promote open source development." -- Erkki Liikanen European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
Would just like to point out that perhaps "anyone" should be replaced with "another one" :)
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Well this sounds pretty good. I've allways supported the Open Source philisophy. By giving more attention to the positive sides of the concept I think we'll gain more supporters. Too often we lower ourselves to bashing big companies instead of promoting our own ideas.
Maybe by showing what Open Source can accomplish and providing decent, objective and usefull information the scare for this form of software will disapear.
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Perhaps the Americans should worry more about getting a more open *Government* before worrying about getting more open *software*. Even the Penguin can't do much against a Total Information Awareness-empowered nanny state.
-Blacklaw
Open Source in the government will save the government a lot of money, though they may need a helping hand (they don't have to spend on training sessions; the community is always there to help). I'm surprised though, that the US govt is contemplating this. They have always been a paranoid and suspicious lot, and to embrace technology, the innards of which many "outsiders" have designed, is a brave step for them. The recent "hack" in one of the recently released open source software, doesn't seem to have perturbed them either.
This is a step, in the right direction. No software is perfect. BUT Linux definitly is more sound than windows......(maybe they're opting for linux coz they know NSA has its access into the Windows OS;) )
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To cite just one example by way of illustration, one of the biggest obstacles to implementing any kind of change is the mindset of the typical government employee. You thus have the freedom-loving, ever-adaptable, information-exchanging Open Source companies on one side, and the time-serving, by-the-book, unionized government workers on the other, most (not all of course) of whom resist any change to their routinized existences with every means at their disposal, from complaints, to threats of striking, and even downright insubordination.
These Open Source companies have their work very much cut out for them, and I wish them luck, but I would like to also emphasize the importance of supporting libertarian political candidates during elections (not necessarily from the Libertarain party, I can think of many worthy Republicans and a few good Dems as well). Once elected, these candidates would be in a position to effectively change the system from within by enacting real reforms and passing legislation. It is high time that the Open Source community implemented the PACs, lobbying efforts, fundraisers, and advertising campaigns that are the traditional, and I might add effective, methods of effecting change in government.
LMAO...
mod this as 'funny'
"Tony Stanco, host of the most recent eGovOS meeting is putting together anyone."
If he's that organised, perhaps he can help get together some proof-readers?
It's fabulous that the technology now exists to put together anyone. :)
Next time I'm in several pieces after a serious traffic accident, I'll feel much happier.
Come on, guys. Except for being composed of English words and phrases, the above-quoted text is nothing like a sentence.
We're looking at the putative topic sentence, for pity's sake! The lead sentence of a news story! Nonetheless, if you turned this sentence in to a third-grade teacher, the teacher would politely but firmly turn it back, and slap your hand.
This is getting ridiculous. You are "editors" of an English-language publication; basic English should be a job prerequisite. Please acquire some.
Do goverments now use something else apart from paper, carbon and photocopiers to propagate information?
I must be in the 21st century!
I miss my rubber keyboard.(Homepage)
Lucky Hemos :) So ya comin' to visit our humble state of West Aust. Quick travel tip. Make sure you get some time off to visit Margret river to Albany region. Best wine in the world. Pretty close to biggest tree and fine fine fine looking ladies (and blokes I suppose?) each and every one of em. :) You'll enjoy it.
Excuse the Unicode crap in my posts. That's an apostrophe, and slashdot is busted.
Wonder if Bill is going to be there lobbying with couple billion $'s and recent IDC etc "researches" in his backpocket...
I attended the last conference, it was fantastic.
In the sesssion "Security of Open Source Software" Mary Ann (Oracle) raised the point, supported by others, that "more eyes" does not mean "more experienced eyes".
She argued that the fact that Open Source has more eyes looking into the source code does not make it more secure since these eyes are not necessarilly experienced in security issues.
This point may seem logical but is not correct. I think if we take the example of Linux, the "experienced eyes" focused on its security are still more than what could be possible in the confines of one single company. Windows may have all the "experienced eyes" employed by Microsoft, but Linux has many more "experienced eyes" who may or may not be working for IBM, HP, RedHat, etc etc, in addition to Hackers at Large.
kedi
if only the UK government sites would take notice of this type of project, at the moment almost all government sites are ASP hosted on IIS, that's one good reason not to trust egovernment, inside local government organisations everything is windows based, NT and 2k servers, 95 and 98 workstations!
http://www.gateway.gov.uk/!!!
Software Freedom Day!.
It appears Hemos is using ViaVoice. I'm using it for this post as well.
Ahh, isn't technology grape.
* Open Source Licenses and other Legal Issues
Hopefully they discuss what to do when licenses are violated, such as a company incorporating GPL'd code into their closed software. This may seem easy - sue them - but how many people coding under the GPL have the finances to sue?
And, while we're at it, why not discuss the friendly DMCA and how it has helped open source development.
...is a little frightening. However, I suppose it could be useful if he were instructed to say "put together": Elizabeth Hurley, Jenna Jameison or Asia Carerra. Hopefully I will find a copy of one of them under my christmas tree.
What? Oh...
Put together "ANOTHER ONE"!
And I thought this was some kind of homegrown cloning system developed using OSS.
Un-news
From my research perspective (I work on process modeling) governmental processes are software. They have requirements (legislative mandates), implementations (policies), and are executed. So open source is a path to open government.
As long as it keeps Bush Jr. from proclaiming, "Read my bits? Know GNU taxes!"
So, how is it you get into this conference? Is it open to the general public, do you need to get tickets or a reservation, or do you need to present something?
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...after reading the headline:
"eGovOS? I've used a lot of platforms, but I haven't heard of that one before. Name sounds like it was formulated by some Fedral commission. If that's so, it's gotta be a resource hog."
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment.
Source code opens you!
Need more comments!
"I've included the salient information below - but one thing of note is that it's going to be an opportunity for open source vendors to hook up with the government."
just like the NAZIs created opportunity to hook up with the Jews.
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