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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]]
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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]]		  * 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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== 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]]
  * update from [[http://www.osor.eu/news/de-foreign-ministry-cost-of-open-source-desktop-maintenance-is-by-far-the-lowest| OSOR]]
 * 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]] ([[http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060803| Debian news entry]] about the same subject)		  * 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]]		 = 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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== India ==
 * [[http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-June/004944.html | One year of Free Software implementation in ELCOT - the score card]]		 = 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://linuxnews.pl/norwegia-stawia-na-otwarte-standardy/ | Media formats become obligatory open standards as well (Norwegian)]] (via [[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2009/14423.html |pro-linux.de]] (German))
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= 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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= South America = = 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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== Argentina ==
 * Municipality of Rosario: "[[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&idNormativa=34024 | Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]]"		 = 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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== 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]]		  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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== Ecuador ==
 * [[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/ | Success for free software in Latin America!]]		  Asia
= China =
 * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943|China's use of free software]]
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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]]		 = 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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 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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= North America =
== Mexico ==
 * [[http://www.softwarelibre.tlalpan.gob.mx/ | Gobierno GDF/Linux]]		 = 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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= 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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= Further information sources = = 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
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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]]		  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. Denmark
  4. France
  5. Finland
  6. Germany
  7. Hungary
  8. Iceland
  9. Italy
  10. Netherlands
  11. Norway
  12. Russia
  13. Spain
  14. United Kingdom
  15. South Africa
  16. China
  17. India
  18. Vietnam
  19. Argentina
  20. Brasil
  21. Ecuador
  22. Venezuela
  23. Mexico
  24. Canada

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

  • Europe

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

* 2009-04-22 Municipality uses OpenOffice and saves a million DKK per year

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

Netherlands

Norway

Russia

Spain

United Kingdom

South Africa

China

India

Vietnam

Argentina

Brasil

Ecuador

Venezuela

Mexico

Canada

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