USPS moving to Open Source
With all the government spending going on lately, it’s good to see a little sensible belt-tightening. This might be a good one to watch for a case study on cost savings (we assume) in switching to open source.
Posts Tagged: open
The Four Pillars of an Open Civic System
Republished from O’Reilly Radar. Blog post by John Geraci of DIYcity.org Original post can be found here Everyone is talking a lot about open government and transparency these days. It’s exhilarating stuff, and it’s even more exciting to see governments get behind it, creating sites like data.gov in the U.S. for the public to accessRead… Read more »
Geeks Invade Government With Audacious Goals
Republished from O’Reilly Radar. Blog post by Mark Drapeau. Original post can be found here Guest blogger Mark Drapeau is the Co-Chair of the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase in Sept 2009 and the Gov 2.0 Expo in May 2010, both in Washington, DC. He holds the title of Associate Research Fellow at the Center forRead… Read more »
Getting the government out of government 2.0
Republished from eGovAU. A key factor in government 2.0 is that it doesn’t have to be a government body that delivers the government 2.0 experience. Sometimes government should simply be the platform providing the data and allow external organisations to provide the combined services and information that the public wants. This can lead to faster,Read… Read more »
Something in the Air
Open data open government – maybe it is a viral infection from the PDF09 conference, or maybe it’s an idea who’s time has come, but it seems you can’t move in cyberspace without bumping into it: Open Up Government Data – Wired How-To Wiki opendata.org.nz : Open Government for New Zealand It Is Time ToRead… Read more »
Are you a developer interested in open gov data and open source? Check out our new group
San Francisco is starting an open source community to liberate government data. We have several developers on the team and we’re looking for other cities to join us. Our goal is to develop an open source platform to help improve public access to raw government data in machine readable formats. You can get more detailsRead… Read more »
Bill Vass’ No. 6 Reason to Move to Open Source
http://blogs.sun.com/BVass/entry/reason_no_6_to_move
Another Open Source EMR gaining momentum
I just saw that “Medical” is an another open source electronic medical record (EMR) (term sometimes used interchangeably with EHR, depending on functionality) has just won some kudos over at Sourceforge Their stated goal: ” Provide an universal Electronic Medical Record (EMR), so doctors and institutions all over the world, independently of their economic status,Read… Read more »
Final Phase of Open Government Initiative (Help Draft Policy Recommendations – Deadline June 28)
Please participate in the White House’s final phase…They are looking for your insights…More below ————————– Today the Drafting Phase (Phase III) of the Open Government public consultation process begins at www.whitehouse.gov/open (click on Participate). This Drafting Phase invites you to collaborate on creating recommendations for open government policy using a web-based wiki tool. You areRead… Read more »
Open Source – getting more respect for Electronic Health Record Certification
As the ARRA-driven momentum builds toward EHR adoption by physicians, the issue of certification for these systems still has some issues to resolve. The high cost of certification has been seen as prohibitive for affordable, open source EHRs seeking to compete in this new marketplace. Other potential roadblocks are the ability to modify source code,Read… Read more »