linux and govt

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:08 pm

In its ongoing effort to become the coolest city in the U.S., the mayor of Portland, Oregon, is going to attempt tomorrow night to make it an "open source city," making its data as open as possible while respecting privacy, and buying open source applications when possible.
http://www.daniweb.com/news/story226660.html

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:10 am

Linux saves Aussie electrical grid
QUICK THINKING open sourcerers might have saved an Australian power supply system after its electrical grid control room network got infected with a virus.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new ... lectricity

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:19 pm

TriSano 2.0™ (http://www.trisano.org) is available. TriSano™ is an open source, citizen-focused surveillance and outbreak management system for infectious disease, environmental hazards, and bioterrorism attacks. It allows local, state and federal entities to track, control and ultimately prevent illness and death. Highlights include: * ELR (Electronic Lab Reporting) Management * Web API (the basis for integration with other systems such as EMR) * Entity Management * Numerous enhancements We are currently planning the next major release of TriSano. Please let us know if you have feature ideas, or if you are interested in integrating with us. Read all about TriSano 2.0 and take a look at the screen shots here: https://wiki.csinitiative.com/display/t ... ease+Notes

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:41 pm

Dutch police goes open source
http://www.dutchdailynews.com/dutch-pol ... en-source/

The New York Times's Open Source Project
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/mai ... WATMY32JVN

Red Hat boot camp for FOSS teachers
The world's biggest free and open source software company will hold a boot camp in Singapore next month for those who teach courses in open source software at institutes of higher learning.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28340/1090/

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:49 pm

Happenings: Open World Forum 2009
This year's Open World Forum 2009, held in Paris, brought together the company heads of open source companies, public and government organisations and customers who use open source, for an exchange of views and an opportunity to map out the future of open source. The theme this year was "Free, Libre and Open Source Software: At the heart of the Digital Recovery" and among the numerous strands were presentations, Q&As and round tables with such notables as Jacques Attali, Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation, Roger Burkhardt of Ingres, Michael Tiemann of Red Hat, Mark Taylor of Sirius and Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth.
http://www.h-online.com/open/Happenings ... res/114412

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:37 pm

Open Source Continues To Spread Through Official Circles
n the last several years, governments — and particularly those in Europe — have been snapping up Open Source alternatives like little old ladies at Loehmann's. The push towards Open continued this week as the Dutch police ditched Windows for the rosy cap.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ope ... al-circles

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:41 pm

Nonprofit Runs On Open Source
It's not easy to run an organization with 1,500 PCs on almost no Microsoft products, but that's what Mosaic is doing with the help of open source and cloud computing.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/sof ... =220400020

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:43 am

France begins IT research centre on innovation and free software
France's national computer science institute, Inria, says free software is essential to develop digital society. The institute is launching a research centre to focus on this type of software, Cirill (IT Innovation and Research Centre for Free Software).
http://www.osor.eu/news/france-begins-i ... e-software

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:08 pm

Thoughts on the Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/whiteh ... ource.html

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:42 am

DK: Rødovre municipality: OpenOffice will be cheaper to maintain
http://www.osor.eu/news/dk-rodovre-muni ... o-maintain

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:16 am

People Power Revs Up Wireless Energy Management With Open Source
People Power, the latest Silicon Valley venture focused on the home energy management space, will officially launch today, hoping its consumer-friendly product design and open-source home area network platform will make it stand out in an increasingly crowded industry.
http://earth2tech.com/2009/11/09/people ... en-source/

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:18 am

DE: German government wants open standards and open source
http://www.osor.eu/news/de-german-gover ... pen-source

Nepal sets example with school laptops
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index ... s_id=11644

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:37 am

Vatican Library Uses Linux
http://stephencuyos.com/?p=1528

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:40 am

Cuba preparing to quit Windows in favor of GNU/Linux.
http://www.ghabuntu.com/2009/11/cuba-pr ... favor.html

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:09 pm

PS3, Linux Used to Catch Child Pornographers
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ps3-linux-c ... -5119.html