Comments on: Open source in government: Who was first? http://govfresh.com/2010/07/open-source-in-government-who-was-first/ Open Air Government Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Leigh http://govfresh.com/2010/07/open-source-in-government-who-was-first/comment-page-1/#comment-6675 Leigh Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:41:00 +0000 http://govfresh.com/?p=8553#comment-6675 Hi Gunnar, I'm working on a paper about the history of open government and thank you for this piece. The open gov history is a bit murky and this helped! I also found a source for published reports, for those who are interested, regarding making geospatial data open. While more technical, they are fundamental to understanding why it is even possible (computer related) to have some data open. http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/papers -Leigh Hi Gunnar,
I’m working on a paper about the history of open government and thank you for this piece. The open gov history is a bit murky and this helped! I also found a source for published reports, for those who are interested, regarding making geospatial data open. While more technical, they are fundamental to understanding why it is even possible (computer related) to have some data open.
http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/papers

-Leigh

]]> By: Gunnar Hellekson http://govfresh.com/2010/07/open-source-in-government-who-was-first/comment-page-1/#comment-6146 Gunnar Hellekson Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:03:40 +0000 http://govfresh.com/?p=8553#comment-6146 Thanks for responding, Rob! You're right, I'd forgotten the Stenbit memo. I was able to correct the original post here: http://onepeople.org/node/2142 but I neglected to update this one. Thanks for reminding me! Thanks for responding, Rob! You’re right, I’d forgotten the Stenbit memo. I was able to correct the original post here:

http://onepeople.org/node/2142

but I neglected to update this one. Thanks for reminding me!

]]> By: Rob Vietmeyer http://govfresh.com/2010/07/open-source-in-government-who-was-first/comment-page-1/#comment-6133 Rob Vietmeyer Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:09:35 +0000 http://govfresh.com/?p=8553#comment-6133 DoD was way ahead of those that you've listed. To head off the large company lobbyist who were pushing congress to prevent the use of FOSS in the Government. DISA sponsored and contributed to a Miter study on Use of Free and Open-Source Software in the DoD that was release in January 2003. http://www.terrybollinger.com/dodfoss/dodfoss_html/index.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_%28FOSS%29_in_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense. This led to the initial DoD CIO policy that officially approved the use of FOSS in May 2003: http://www.terrybollinger.com/stenbitmemo/stenbitmemo_png/index.html DoD was way ahead of those that you’ve listed. To head off the large company lobbyist who were pushing congress to prevent the use of FOSS in the Government. DISA sponsored and contributed to a Miter study on Use of Free and Open-Source Software in the DoD that was release in January 2003. http://www.terrybollinger.com/dodfoss/dodfoss_html/index.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_%28FOSS%29_in_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense.

This led to the initial DoD CIO policy that officially approved the use of FOSS in May 2003: http://www.terrybollinger.com/stenbitmemo/stenbitmemo_png/index.html

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