posted Jan 20, 2009 6:49 AM by Nico Elema
http://www.e.govt.nz/standards
Successful e-government depends upon the development and sharing of a wide variety of standards. The New Zealand e-government programme depends on a number of standards, collectively termed the E-government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF). The programme also has standards for metadata (or data that describes data) called the New Zealand Government Locator Service. You can read more about these standards in this section of the website. |
posted Jan 20, 2009 6:46 AM by Nico Elema
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/
For New Zealand, open source not only represents an opportunity to contribute and be recognised on the world stage, but also to deliver real competitive advantage to our business sector, show leadership in e-government within the public sector, and to provide more effective tools for community-based organisations as they meet the challenges of the 21st century. The New Zealand Open Source Awards recognise and promote: - the contributions of New Zealanders directly to open source projects or the promotion of open source generally
- exemplary use of open source by New Zealand organisations.
The Awards will raise awareness of the open source advantage for New Zealand by telling some powerful success stories based on real achievements that have made a difference already. This Awards site features both category winners and shortlisted nominations, providing a permanentshowcase of New Zealand open source activity and contributions. |
posted Jan 20, 2009 6:43 AM by Nico Elema
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http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/open-source
NZ Government Agencies are encouraged to assess open source software alternatives (where these exist) alongside commercial software, and should choose based on cost, functionality, interoperability, and security.
Legal Issues:The State Services Commission has prepared a guide, to assist New Zealand government departments in assessing and mitigating the legal risks of using open source software. More information Briefing to the Minister:The Minister for State Services was originally briefed on the potential for the use of open source software within government, and any associated risks or limitations, in March 2003. More information |
posted Sep 8, 2008 3:32 AM by Nico Elema
posted Sep 8, 2008 3:16 AM by Nico Elema
http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/guide-to-open-source-software/index.htmlReleased 18 April 2005 The Guide is a companion document to the 2004 publication A Guide to ICT Sourcing (since updated September 2007). Between them these publications provide a basis for better ICT procurement decisions across the whole of the Australian Government. This Guide seeks to assist agencies by providing practical information and approaches for agencies to consider when assessing open source solutions. Risk management procedures and the different contractual considerations that can apply to open source software issues are addressed in the Guide, as are cost of ownership issues. Understanding cost of ownership issues for open source software is important because, under an open source model, costs are incurred at different phases of the implementation and operation of an information technology system |
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