Open source is answering the call at government agencies on all levels as they look for opportunities to carve out costs and improve security, transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Why? Open source is stable, trustworthy, and secure, and Red Hat solutions are being used across government agencies to create efficiencies, eliminate vendor lock-in, meet mission-critical IT demands, and improve service delivery.
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Sometimes open source ideals make for the strangest–and most wonderful–bedfellows. We met Dr. Vandana Shiva–physicist, scientist, environmentalist, and activist–several years ago. Her work... (0 Replies)
Excellent 168 MITRE report on the use of Free and Open Source (FOSS) in the DoD:
http://www.egovos.org/
Here is a link directly to the report (168 pages):
http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf (0 Replies)