The Swiss Federal Administrative Court has issued an interim verdict in a legal action brought by a group of open source companies against the Swiss Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics (BBL) for awarding a software procurement contract to Microsoft without a tendering process.
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Government of Portugal Ignores Procurement Rules and Gives Taxpayers’ Money to Microsoft
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Another classic case of illegitimate use of money without public tender
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Formal Complaint Against European Commission for Harbouring Microsoft Lobbyists
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European Ombudsman to receive complaint about Lars Hindkjær Pederse, who hides Microsoft lobbyists like Jonathan Zuck
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Chinese Green Dam pilfers open source too
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After claims that China's "Green Dam" filtering app includes code pirated from an American software maker, it should come as no surprise that the People's Republic censorshipware is also using open-source code without displaying the proper license.
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‘Our Governments Just Aren’t Engineered for Security’
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Financially-driven and favours-motivated government unable to make reasonable decisions that are defensible
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Open-source firms win partial victory over Microsoft in Switzerland
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The Swiss News Agency (SDA) reported on Thursday, 28 May, that the Swiss Federal Administrative Court had issued an immediately enforceable ruling ("Superprovisorische Verfügung") that stops the award of a large federal government order to Microsoft.
Read more »Open Source Society appeals to Auditor-General
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The New Zealand Open Source Society is calling on Auditor-General to scrutinise government procurement of Microsoft software after the collapse of negotiations for a new three-year all-of-government software licensing deal.
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DHS project aims to bring open-source software to state and local agencies
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The Homeland Security Department is funding a program that will help federal, state and local agencies better understand their options for using open-source software.
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EC software law could divide open source
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The world of open-source development could be divided if the European Commission succeeds in passing a law extending consumer protection rules to software, according to experts.
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Open Source Adoption in Italian Public Administrations: Some Real Cases
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The greatest Italian event of and about Public Administration - asked me to chair the only open source conference taking place in the event.
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Open-Source Government
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For some time now we have been seeing scattered transitions towards Linux in governments, due to it's openness and inexpensive price. Though the road will be bumpy, this seems like a trend that is almost guaranteed to continue.
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Open Government: the Latest Member of the Open Family
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One of the most exciting developments in the last few years has been the application of some of the core ideas of free software and open source to completely different domains. Examples include open content, open access, open data and open science.
Read more »Swiss government rethinking Microsoft no-bid contract?
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According to Swiss newspaper Neue Zuericher Zeitung, the Swiss government might be reconsidering its no-bid contract deal with Microsoft which has been opposed by a consortium of 18 open source vendors.
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Bill Gates honours the Extremadura GNU/Linux experience
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"...RTVE, Spain’s national public TV network, claimed Gates was referring to a successful pilot project in schools in the region of Extremadura.
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Week of Microsoft Government Affairs: a Look Back, a Look Ahead
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Microsoft's situation in the the Spanish, Swiss and New Zealand governments
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