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Open Source in the Government |
The Government Open Source Conference
was held this week in Portland, Oregon. Bill Welty, the CIO of the
State of California Air Resources Board, gave a talk on his agency's experiences with open source.
In addition to the common points that open source helps solve the
budget crunch, attracts talented and motivated staff, and provides a
path for long-term accesibility of data, two paragraphs particularly
struck me:
Welty gave a rapid-fire look at the realities of open
source in government. "The doors have been blown open in California,"
he said. "In 2004 when Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California Performance Review a section called State Operations #10
specifically authorized the use of open source. It says: "Departments
should take an inventory of software purchases and software renewals in
the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 and implement open source alternatives where
feasible."
In addition, Schwarzenegger recently signed AB 32
which mandated a ratcheting down of CO2 emissions. The technology
underlying that, said Welty, will be open source. When you collaborate
on such a global issue, it's helpful if you use open standards so
everyone can communicate and interoperate, he explained.
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