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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.

A timely call for a secure yet open cloud

In mid-November, the open source/open standards advocacy group, Open Forum Europe (OFE) , released an "Open Cloud Declaration ," which identifies ten principles to help policy…

OpenSaaS and the future of government IT innovation

In recent years, open source software projects, and, separately, cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) products have begun to significantly disrupt traditional technology…

Harnessing citizen participation via social media and open source tools

Solving local problems through citizen participation

Bloomberg Philanthropies recently launched the Mayors Challenge, a contest for funding in the European Union where large cities submit new, innovative ideas for solving local…

Drupal shop in the DC area makes technology work for the unemployed

When the US Federal government shutdown from October 1 - 16 this year, a small Drupal shop in the Washington DC area turned a list of freelance gigs for furloughed employees…

Open data should be for justice

These are my reflections on CityCamp Minnesota 2013, which occurred at St. Thomas in Minneapolis on November 9, 2013. What was it, and what worked well? CityCamp MN 2013…

The European Commission's Neelie Kroes believes in open

Neelie Kroes, VP of the European Commission (EC), has a website called Comment Neelie to initiate and maintain a two-way conversation between herself, as a politician, and the…

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