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= Europe =
== Austria ==
 * Vienne: [[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39185440,00.htm | Vienne to migrate to OpenOffice.org and GNU/Linux]]		  Europe
= Austria =
 * Vienne: [[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39185440,00.htm|Vienne to migrate to OpenOffice.org and GNU/Linux]]
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== 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 ]]		 = Belgium =
 * 2006-07-23: [[http://news.cnet.com/Belgian-government-chooses-OpenDocument/2100-7344_3-6087275.html|Belgian government chooses OpenDocument]]
 * 2008-10-01: 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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== France ==
 * Agriculture Ministry: "[[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39243613,00.htm | Le ministère de l'Agriculture fait un pas vers (GNU/)Linux]]"
 * National Assembly: "[[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39364970,00.htm | (GNU/)Linux s'installe dans les PC des députés]]"
 * 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]]		 = Bulgaria =
 * 2005-04-20: [[http://foss.bg/news.php?id=7 | The Bulgarian municipality of Vratza launched e-services based on free and open source software]]
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== Germany ==
There is 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]]		 = Denmark =
 * 2009-04-22 [[http://www.osor.eu/news/dk-municipality-uses-openoffice-and-saves-a-million-dkk-per-year|Municipality uses OpenOffice and saves a million DKK per year]]
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 * Munich:
  * [[http://osor.eu/case_studies/declaration-of-independence-the-limux-project-in-munich | Declaration of Independence: The LiMux Project in Munich]]
  * [[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39195204,00.htm | Munich picks GNU/Linux]]
 * Federal Foreign Office: [[http://www.twerner42.de/ | a blog]] and [[http://www.opensourcejahrbuch.de/blog/162 | another]]
 * 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]]		 = France =
 * Agriculture Ministry: "[[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39243613,00.htm|Le ministère de l'Agriculture fait un pas vers (GNU/)Linux]]"
 * National Assembly: "[[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39364970,00.htm|(GNU/)Linux s'installe dans les PC des députés]]"
 * Gendarmerie nationale (national police): [[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39203431,00.htm|La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice]] (update: [[http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-millions-with-open-desktop-and-web-applications|Gendarmerie saves millions with open desktop and web applications]]
 * 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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== Iceland ==
 * [[http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/information-society/English/nr/2882 | Iceland governments Free Software policy]]		 = Finland =
 * 20090225: [[http://www.osor.eu/news/finland-publishes-recommendations-regarding-the-use-of-f-os-software|Government encourages open source use by public administrations]]
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== Italy ==
 * National Council for IT: "[[http://www.osspa.cnipa.it/rilevazione/public_browse_quest.php | free software usage observatory]]"
 * South Tyrol public transport: "[[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-sad/ | free software since 1993]]"
 * South Tyrol: "[[http://www.provinz.bz.it/specials/esuedtirol/index_d.htm#k13 | use of OpenOffice.org]]" and "[[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-gemeindenverband/ | and also GNU/Linux]]"
 * All Italian-speaking schools: "[[http://www.fuss.bz.it | they all use project FUSS]]"		 = Germany =
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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== Netherlands ==
 * [[http://en.octrooicentrum.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 | The Netherlands Patent Office changes to open source software]]
== Spain ==
 * [[http://lwn.net/Articles/41738/ | LWN article on GNU/Linux in Spain]]		  * 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]]
  * 20090220: [[http://www.cio.bund.de/SharedDocs/Kurzmeldungen/DE/2009/090226_Bundesregierung_investiert_zusätzlich_500_Mio/Bundesregierung_investiert_zusätzlich_500_Mio_meldung.html|BMI invests in "open source" (German)]]
 * 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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== United Kingdom ==
 * Birmingham libraries: "[[http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2007-February/006732.html | report of failure]]"		 = Hungary =
 * 2009-04-12: [[http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/135835|Government decides that spending on proprietary software cannot excede spending on free software]]
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= 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]]) 		= Iceland =
 * [[http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/information-society/English/nr/2882|Iceland governments Free Software policy]]
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= Italy =
 * National Council for IT: "[[http://www.osspa.cnipa.it/rilevazione/public_browse_quest.php|free software usage observatory]]"
 * South Tyrol public transport: "[[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-sad/|free software since 1993]]"
 * South Tyrol: "[[http://www.provinz.bz.it/specials/esuedtirol/index_d.htm#k13|use of OpenOffice.org]]" and "[[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-gemeindenverband/|and also GNU/Linux]]"
 * All Italian-speaking schools: "[[http://www.fuss.bz.it|they all use project FUSS]]"
 * 2009-03-17: [[http://www.osor.eu/news/it-head-of-it-venice-region-open-source-wherever-appropriate|IT: Head of IT Venice region: 'Open source wherever appropriate']]
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= Asia =
== China ==
 * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943 | China's use of free software]]		 = Kosovo =
 * 2004-11-09: [[http://foss.bg/news.php?id=4 | Kosovo joins the UNDP FOSS project with the municipality of Klina]]
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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]]		 = Netherlands =
 * [[http://en.octrooicentrum.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1|The Netherlands Patent Office changes to open source software]]
 * [[http://www.noiv.nl/files/implementatiestrategie.pdf|impementing strategy by NOIV (netherlands)]] [[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Niederlaendische-Open-Source-Strategie-traegt-Fruechte--/meldung/141648|German news entry by heise.de]]
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= Norway =
 * 2008-11-17: [[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008401043_apeunorwayopensource.html|seattletimes.nwsource.com: Norway encourages use of open source software]]
 * 2007-12-21: [[http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/fad/press-centre/press-releases/2007/open-document-standards-to-be-obligatory.html?id=494810|Open document standards to be obligatory for state information]] (implemented 2009-01-01)
 * 2009-07-08: [[http://www.digi.no/817635/her-er-statens-nye-it-standarder|Media formats become obligatory open standards as well ]] (via (via [[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2009/14423.html |pro-linux.de]] (German) and [[http://linuxnews.pl/norwegia-stawia-na-otwarte-standardy/ | linuxnews.pl (polisch)]] )
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= South America = = Russia =
 * 2009-03-02: [[http://www.govtech.com/gt/624218|Russian Government IT Development Strategy: Free and Open Source Software]] (en); http://cnews.ru/news/top/index.shtml?2009/03/11/340321 (ru); http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2009/13929.html (de)
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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]]"		 = 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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== 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]]		 = United Kingdom =
 * Birmingham libraries: "[[http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2007-February/006732.html|report of failure]]"
 * 20090225: [[http://www.osor.eu/news/uk-government-to-actively-and-fairly-consider-open-source-solutions|Government to actively and fairly consider open source solutions]]
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== Ecuador ==
 * [[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/ | Success for free software in Latin America!]]		  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]])
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== 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]]		  Asia
= China =
 * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943|China's use of free software]]
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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]]
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= Vietnam =
 * [[http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/|The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software products at state agencies]] (via [[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2009/13649.html|this article]] in German)
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= North America =
== Mexico ==
 * [[http://www.softwarelibre.tlalpan.gob.mx/ | Gobierno GDF/Linux]]		  South America
= Argentina =
 * Municipality of Rosario: "[[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&idNormativa=34024|Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]]"
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= 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]]
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= Further information sources = = Ecuador =
 * [[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/¡success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/|Success for free software in Latin America!]]
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 * [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInThePublicSector | Debian in the Public Sector]]
 * [[http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/470 | The European Commissions IDABC list of case studies]]
 * ('''French''') [[http://chl.be/migrations/ | Migrations vers les logiciels libres]]
 * [[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]]		 = 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%20Migrando%20Venezuela

 North America
= Mexico =
 * [[http://www.softwarelibre.tlalpan.gob.mx/|Gobierno GDF/Linux]]

= Canada =
 * 20090205: [[http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/02/canadian-government-eyes-open-sources-asks-for-feedback.ars|Canadian government eyes open source, asks for feedback]]

 Further information sources
 * [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInThePublicSector|Debian in the Public Sector]]
 * [[http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/470|The European Commissions IDABC list of case studies]]
 * ('''French''') [[http://chl.be/migrations/|Migrations vers les logiciels libres]]
 * [[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]]
 * [[http://wiki.oss-watch.ac.uk/OpenSourcePolicies|oss-watch.ac.uk collection of "open source" policies]]
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Contents

  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. Bulgaria
  4. Denmark
  5. France
  6. Finland
  7. Germany
  8. Hungary
  9. Iceland
  10. Italy
  11. Kosovo
  12. Netherlands
  13. Norway
  14. Russia
  15. Spain
  16. United Kingdom
  17. South Africa
  18. China
  19. India
  20. Vietnam
  21. Argentina
  22. Brasil
  23. Ecuador
  24. Venezuela
  25. Mexico
  26. Canada

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

  • Europe

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Denmark

France

Finland

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)

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Kosovo

Netherlands

Norway

Russia

Spain

United Kingdom

South Africa

China

India

Vietnam

Argentina

Brasil

Ecuador

Venezuela

Mexico

Canada

CategoryAdvocacy

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