Open Source Government

Open source government primarily refers to the 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.

SEE ALSO

Electronic Frontier Foundation - A nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving free speech rights in the context of the digital age

Electronic Voting - Referring to both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes

Linux Adoption - Referring to the uptake of the Linux operating system by homes, organisations and governments

Open Source Governance - Applying open source principles to human social governance

EXTERNAL LINKS

OpenSourceGovernment A forming Political Party (The "Technocrats")

The Center of Open Source and Government

Open Voting Consortium

VOTE System News - The Verifiable Open Technology Elections (VOTE) approach is a collaborative initiative between voting system vendors, open public standards organizations and public open source development organizations.

"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 )

Berry, D M.& Moss, Giles (2006). Free and Open-Source Software: Opening and Democratising e-Government's Black Box. Information Polity Volume 11. (1). pp 21-34

C2 Wiki on Open Source Voting Technology

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