Open source government
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Open source government primarily refers to use of open source software and technologies in traditional and non-traditional government organizations and government operations such as voting and email.
The benefits outlined for the use of open source software in technology emphasize the large cost savings, standards compliance, and transparency to validation.
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External links
- The Center of Open Source and Government
- Open Voting Consortium
- "Open-Source Government Free-software guru Bruce Perens has a new information-technology solution" — outlines use of open source technologies in government
- "The Minimal Compact: An Open-source Constitution for Post-national States" — outlines a proposal for Open Source Government, dated February, 2003.
- Demosphere Project — The wiki & global project to develop a community based e-democracy framework using open source and interactive software. (Wikinews article)
- Berry, D M.& Moss, Giles (2005). Free and Open-Source Software: Opening and Democratising e-Government's Black Box. Information Polity Volume 10. (2).