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The @European Commission’s Open Source Observatory (OSOR) recently published the 2026 Paper on Progress and Trends in the National Open Source Policies and Legal Frameworks. This paper examines the evolution of the adoption of open source software and related policies in European public administrations.
Read the full paper: https://openforumeurope.org/publications/progress-and-trends-in-the-national-open-source-policies-and-legal-frameworks-3/
Open Government
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- Written by: Adrian Offerman
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The World Bank Group (WBG) has recognised transparency, citizen participation and collaboration as strategic priorities in its work on governance. The Bank now wants to bring its own experience to client governments, aiming for them to become more open and more citizen-centric.
Read more: World Bank pushing its openness strategy to governments
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- Written by: Adrian Offerman
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Last month, the Wikimedia Foundation — which is responsible for the Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikimedia and other Wiki* projects — launched its renewed Public Policy website. On the site, the foundation presents five policy areas that it says are most important for its mission and projects: access, censorship, copyright, intermediary protection, and privacy. These enable the Wikimedia community to push for policies to allow people around the world to access, create, share, and remix free knowledge.
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- Written by: Adrian Offerman
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UK citizens feel frustrated, ambivalent and anxious before and during voting in General Election, while after voting they mostly feel proud, according to a qualitative study conducted by the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) the day after the General Elections last May. There is plenty of room for improvement in education about the electoral process, in the process itself, and in voter experience, the study concludes.
Read more: Voting calling for modernisation and professionalisation
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- Written by: Adrian Offerman
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The Vienna Municipal Department of Land Surveying, MA 41, has made all of its geodata available for free. This data includes multi-purpose (surface) maps, orthophotos, terrain models, structure models, and surface models, all part of the Geodata Infrastructure.
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- Written by: Adrian Offerman
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The UK and the USA have agreed to step up collaboration on digital technologies between the two countries. They will work together on improving digital public services, opening up government data, and teaching young people how to program and other digital skills. This intensified partnership was announced two weeks ago by British Prime Minister David Cameron after a meeting with US President Barack Obama.
Read more: UK, US step up collaboration on digital technologies, services and skills