From OpenSourceSoftwarePractice

Contents 1 European Union 1.1 Governmment 2 France 2.1 Government 2.2 Education 2.3 Military / Intelligence 3 Germany 3.1 Government 4 UK 4.1 Government 4.2 Education 5 Italy 6 China 6.1 Government 7 Netherlands 7.1 Government 8 Brazil 8.1 Government 9 Russia 9.1 Education 10 Norway 10.1 Government 11 India 11.1 Government 12 Sweden 12.1 Government 13 Argentina 13.1 Government 14 Canada 14.1 Government 14.2 Health Care 15 Israel 15.1 Government 16 United States 16.1 Military / Intelligence 17 Massachusetts 17.1 Government 18 California 18.1 Government

European Union

Governmment

• http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/05/business/open.php

France

Government

• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGN/is_/ai_56915243

Education

• http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070904005103&newsLang=en

Military / Intelligence

• http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,96106,00.html

Germany

Government

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2023127.stm

UK

Government

• http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/oss_policy_version2.pdf

Education

• http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/22/open-source-makes-historic-uk
  • OSS suppliers awarded places on the Software for Educational Institutions Framework

Italy

China

Government

• http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39123223,00.htm

Netherlands

Government

• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22245923/

Brazil

Government

• http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39196592,00.htm

Russia

Education

• http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1423&blogid=14

Norway

Government

• http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=413
  • Starting 1/2009 Government organizations are required to use HTML, PDF, or ODF

India

Government

• http://www.mit.gov.in/download/Policyonopensandards.pdf

Sweden

Government

• http://www.statskontoret.se/statskontoret/templates/Page____1748.aspx

Argentina

Government

• http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9918082-16.html

Canada

Government

• http://www.e-cology.ca/canfloss/report/CANfloss_Report.pdf
  • Government neither enforces nor prohibits use of OSS

Health Care

• http://www.canhealth.com/News168.html

Israel

Government

• http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-10-17-013-26-NW-LL-PB

United States

Military / Intelligence

• http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/

Massachusetts

Government

• http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2195494/massachusetts-settles-odf-vs
• http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdmodulechunk&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Policies%2C+Standards+%26+Guidance&L2=Enterprise+Architecture&L3=Enterprise+Technical+Reference+Model+-+Service+Oriented+Architecture+(ETRM+v.+5.0)&sid=Aitd&b=terminalcontent&f=policies_standards_etrm5dot0_5dot0Final_Intro5dot0&csid=Aitd
  • Enterprise Technical Reference Model v. 5.0
• http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdmodulechunk&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Application+Services&L2=Shared+Services&L3=Open+Initiatives&L4=OpenDocument&sid=Aitd&b=terminalcontent&f=accessibility_odf_accessibility_midyear_ltr&csid=Aitd
  • Initial issues with accessibility of ODF software

California

Government

• http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/092508-open-source-electronic-voting.html?fsrc=netflash-rss
  • Discussion of open source voting machines