[p2p-research] Fwd: May Issue of OSBR Available

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Dru Lavigne <dru at osbr.ca>
Date: Sat, May 2, 2009 at 3:09 AM
Subject: May Issue of OSBR Available
To: Dru Lavigne <dru at osbr.ca>


Readers:

The May issue of the OSBR is now available in PDF and HTML formats. The
theme this month is "open source in government" and the authors include:

Gijs Hillenius, news editor of the Open Source Observatory and Repository,
provides an overview of recent advancements and  setbacks in the
implementation of open source and open standards by public administrations
in the 27 member states of the European Union.

Edgy Paiva, Director of IVIA, gives some examples of successful projects
within the Brazilian Government that use open source and  explains some
difficulties for implementing open source.

Mike Gifford, president of OpenConcept Consulting, discusses the global
momentum in federal government departments to support open source and
problems with the current federal government's procurement process in
Canada.

Darlene Meskell, Director of Intergovernmental Solutions at GSA, provides
an overview of current open government initiatives in both the United States
and other parts of the world.

Tom Schmit, an instructor at Riga Business School, and Zigmunds Zitmanis,
Vice-Rector for Information Technology at Riga Technical University, discuss
the reasons for the University's choice of an open source product as the
application to provide the single point of entry into electronic services.

The editorial theme for the upcoming June issue is "women in open source"
and the guest editor will be Rikki Kite from Linux Pro Magazine. Contact the
editor if you're interested in a submission for this issue.

Thanks for the continuing interest in our work,
Dru Lavigne
Editor, Open Source Business Resource
http://www.osbr.ca
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Open Source Business Resource
http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr



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