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)

Federal administrations:
- Federal Foreign Office: a blog and another and an update from OSOR
- 20090220: BMI invests in "open source" (German)
Local adminstrations:
- Munich (City): Declaration of Independence: The LiMux Project in Munich and Munich picks GNU/Linux
- Schwäbisch Hall (City): info in German and in English

Hungary

2009-04-12: Government decides that spending on proprietary software cannot excede spending on free software

Iceland

Iceland governments Free Software policy

Italy

National Council for IT: "free software usage observatory"
South Tyrol public transport: "free software since 1993"
South Tyrol: "use of OpenOffice.org" and "and also GNU/Linux"
All Italian-speaking schools: "they all use project FUSS"
2009-03-17: IT: Head of IT Venice region: 'Open source wherever appropriate'

Kosovo

2004-11-09: Kosovo joins the UNDP FOSS project with the municipality of Klina

Latvia

Ministry studying open source for government mail and groupware

Netherlands

Norway

2008-11-17: seattletimes.nwsource.com: Norway encourages use of open source software
2007-12-21: Open document standards to be obligatory for state information (implemented 2009-01-01)
2009-07-08: Media formats become obligatory open standards as well (via (via pro-linux.de (German) and linuxnews.pl (polisch) )
2009-07-28: Government adopts open standards starting 2012

Russia

2009-03-02: 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)

Spain

The Spanish IT competence centre CENATIC has published a 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.
LWN article on GNU/Linux in Spain (Debian news entry about the same subject)

Turkey

National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE) develops its own GNU/Linux distribution PARDUS

United Kingdom

Birmingham libraries: "report of failure"
20090225: Government to actively and fairly consider open source solutions Africa

South Africa

South Africa’s IT agency to migrate to open source in coming year (short article in German) Asia

China

China's use of free software

India

One year of Free Software implementation in ELCOT - the score card

Vietnam

The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software products at state agencies (via this article in German) South America

Argentina

Municipality of Rosario: "Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004"

Brasil

Brazilian Election Supreme Court migrates 430 thousand voting machines to GNU/Linux

Ecuador

Success for free software in Latin America!

Venezuela

Mexico

Gobierno GDF/Linux

Canada

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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]]
+= Czech Republic =
 * 2009-06-12: [[http://www.osor.eu/news/cz-ministry-funds-open-source-document-management-system | Ministry funds open source document management system]]
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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]]
+= 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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-== Iceland ==
 * [[http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/information-society/English/nr/2882 | Iceland governments Free Software policy]]
+= 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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-== 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]]"
+= 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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-== 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)
+= 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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-== United Kingdom ==
 * Birmingham libraries: "[[http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2007-February/006732.html | report of failure]]"
+ * 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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-= 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]])
+= 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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+= Iceland =
 * [[http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/information-society/English/nr/2882|Iceland governments Free Software policy]]
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-= Asia =
== China ==
 * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943 | China's use of free software]]
+= 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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-== India ==
 * [[http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-June/004944.html | One year of Free Software implementation in ELCOT - the score card]]
+= 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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+= Latvia =
 * [[http://www.osor.eu/news/lv-ministry-studying-open-source-for-government-mail-and-groupware|Ministry studying open source for government mail and groupware]]
= 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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-= South America =
+= 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)]] )
 * 2009-07-28: [[dkb-bank nochmal an? wg. der geldverfügbarkeit im ausland? | Government adopts open standards starting 2012]]
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-== Argentina ==
 * Municipality of Rosario: "[[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&amp;idNormativa=34024 | Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]]"
+= 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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-== 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]]
+= 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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-== Ecuador ==
 * [[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/ | Success for free software in Latin America!]]
+= Turkey =
 * [[http://www.uekae.tubitak.gov.tr/home.do?ot=10&lang=en | National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology]] (UEKAE) develops its own GNU/Linux distribution [[http://www.pardus.org.tr/ | PARDUS]]
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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]]
+= 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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+ 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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+ Asia
= China =
 * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943|China's use of free software]]
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-= North America =
== Mexico ==
 * [[http://www.softwarelibre.tlalpan.gob.mx/ | Gobierno GDF/Linux]]
+= 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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-= Further information sources =
+ South America
= Argentina =
 * Municipality of Rosario: "[[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&amp;idNormativa=34024|Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]]"
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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]]
+= 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/¡success-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%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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