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See also: [[Reasons for public administration to use free software]]. See also: [[Reasons_for_public_administration_to_use_Free_Software|Reasons for public administration to use Free Software]].
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= Argentina =

 * Municipality of Rosario: "[[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&idNormativa=34024 | Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]]"

= Austria =
 = Europe =
== Austria ==
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= Brasil = == Belgium ==
  * Ministry of Justice: [[http://osor.eu/news/be-half-of-all-desktop-pcs-ministry-of-justice-migrated-to-gnu-linux| Half of all desktop PCs at ministry of Justice migrated to GNU/Linux ]]
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 * [[http://techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/tse_migrates_to_linux | Brazilian Election Supreme Court migrates 430 thousand voting machines to GNU/Linux]]

= China =

 * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943 | China's use of free software]]

= Ecuador =

 * [[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/ | Success for free software in Latin America!]]

= France =
 == France ==
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 * Gendarmerie nationale (national police): "[[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39203431,00.htm | La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice]]"
 * Tax administration: "[[http://guerby.org/blog/index.php/2007/01/30/144-politique-fiscale-et-transparence | one PDF]]" and "[[http://synergies.modernisation.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=160 | another]]"		  * Gendarmerie nationale (national police): [[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39203431,00.htm | La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice]]
 * Tax administration: [[http://guerby.org/blog/index.php/2007/01/30/144-politique-fiscale-et-transparence | one PDF]] and [[http://synergies.modernisation.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=160 | another]]
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= Germany = == Germany ==
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 * Federal Foreign Office: "[http://www.twerner42.de/ a blog]" and "[http://www.opensourcejahrbuch.de/blog/162 another]"
 * Munich: "[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39195204,00.htm Munich picks GNU/Linux]"
 * Schwäbisch city hall: "[http://www.schwaebischhall.de/Linux.1630.0.html info in German]" and "[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/03/articles/monthly/AE-PR-01-03-52.html in English]"		 There is a [[http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list-de/2000-March/pdf00000.pdf|KBSt letter from 2000]] about Free Software. There is also a list of Free Software projects in the German adminstration on KBSt's website [[http://www.kbst.bund.de/cln_028/nn_837408/SiteGlobals/Forms/Listen/Projekte/DE/oss-Projekte-Formular,templateId=processForm.html?sortString=+title&maxResults=1000|Software/OSS-Kompetenzzentrum/Projektsammlung]] (currently not reachable, asked via e-mail about new location)
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= Iceland =  * Federal administrations:
  * Federal Foreign Office: [[http://www.twerner42.de/ | a blog]] and [[http://www.opensourcejahrbuch.de/blog/162 | another]] and an update from [[http://www.osor.eu/news/de-foreign-ministry-cost-of-open-source-desktop-maintenance-is-by-far-the-lowest| OSOR]]
 * Local adminstrations:
  * Munich (City): [[http://osor.eu/case_studies/declaration-of-independence-the-limux-project-in-munich | Declaration of Independence: The LiMux Project in Munich]] and [[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39195204,00.htm | Munich picks GNU/Linux]]
  * Schwäbisch Hall (City): [[http://www.schwaebischhall.de/Linux.1630.0.html | info in German]] and [[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/03/articles/monthly/AE-PR-01-03-52.html | in English]]
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== Iceland ==
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= India =

 * [[http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-June/004944.html | One year of Free Software implementation in ELCOT - the score card]]

= Italy =
 == Italy ==
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= Mexico = == Netherlands ==
 * [[http://en.octrooicentrum.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 | The Netherlands Patent Office changes to open source software]]
== Spain ==
 * The Spanish IT competence centre [[http://cenatic.es|CENATIC]] has published a [[http://observatorio.cenatic.es/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=49&format=raw|detailed report]] on the use of Free Software in the Spanish public administration. It has lots of example cases, as well as analysis of legal aspects and a look at strengths and weaknesses. Should make an interesting read.
 * [[http://lwn.net/Articles/41738/ | LWN article on GNU/Linux in Spain]] ([[http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060803| Debian news entry]] about the same subject)
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== United Kingdom ==
 * Birmingham libraries: "[[http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2007-February/006732.html | report of failure]]"

= Africa =
== South Africa ==
 * [[http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3240 | South Africa’s IT agency to migrate to open source in coming year]] ([[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2008/13276.html| short article in German]])


= Asia =
== China ==
 * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943 | China's use of free software]]

== India ==
 * [[http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-June/004944.html | One year of Free Software implementation in ELCOT - the score card]]


= South America =

== Argentina ==
 * Municipality of Rosario: "[[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&idNormativa=34024 | Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]]"

== Brasil ==
 * [[http://techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/tse_migrates_to_linux | Brazilian Election Supreme Court migrates 430 thousand voting machines to GNU/Linux]]

== Ecuador ==
 * [[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/ | Success for free software in Latin America!]]

== Venezuela ==
 * [[http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/12/venezuela_open_source.html | Jeff Zucker's 2005 status description]]
 * [[http://www.migrandovenezuela.org/index.php?title=Portada Migrando Venezuela]]



= North America =
== Mexico ==
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= Spain =

 * [[http://lwn.net/Articles/41738/ | LWN article on GNU/Linux in Spain]]

= United Kingdom =

 * Birmingham libraries: "[[http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2007-February/006732.html | report of failure]]"

= Venezuela =

 * [[http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/12/venezuela_open_source.html | Jeff Zucker's 2005 status description]]
 * [[http://www.migrandovenezuela.org/index.php?title=Portada Migrando Venezuela]]
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 * [[http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/opensource/cases/index_en.htm |Cases of official recognition/adoption of F/OSS]]
 * [[http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf| Study on the: Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU]] ([[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2007/10709.html|Pro-Linux article about the study]] in German)
 * [[http://www.iao.fraunhofer.de/d/projekte/oss.hbs| A study of the Fraunhofer institute documenting the advantages of "open source" software, Nov 2006]] (German)
 * [[http://osor.eu/ | "Open Source" Observatory and Repository for European public administrations]]
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CategoryAdvocacy

Contents

  1. Europe
    1. Austria
    2. Belgium
    3. France
    4. Germany
    5. Iceland
    6. Italy
    7. Netherlands
    8. Spain
    9. United Kingdom
  2. Africa
    1. South Africa
  3. Asia
    1. China
    2. India
  4. South America
    1. Argentina
    2. Brasil
    3. Ecuador
    4. Venezuela
  5. North America
    1. Mexico
  6. Further information sources

See also: Reasons for public administration to use Free Software.

Europe

Austria

Belgium

France

Germany

There is a KBSt letter from 2000 about Free Software. There is also a list of Free Software projects in the German adminstration on KBSt's website Software/OSS-Kompetenzzentrum/Projektsammlung (currently not reachable, asked via e-mail about new location)

Iceland

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

United Kingdom

Africa

South Africa

Asia

China

India

South America

Argentina

Brasil

Ecuador

Venezuela

North America

Mexico

Further information sources

CategoryAdvocacy

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