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class=597325918-19012010>There is also a small community of FOSS advocates
growing using the Government of Canada's social networking tool GCconnex
(currently a pilot)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=597325918-19012010>If you are a federal employee in Canada check out the
FOSS4GOC group and also tag your profile with OSGEO so we can find who is using
FOSS and FOSS4G throughout the government.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=597325918-19012010>Geospatial group: </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=597325918-19012010><A
href="http://elgg.srv.gc.ca/elgg/pg/groups/48968/geospatial-practisioners/">http://elgg.srv.gc.ca/elgg/pg/groups/48968/geospatial-practisioners/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=597325918-19012010>FOSS in Canadian Government Group: <A
href="http://elgg.srv.gc.ca/elgg/pg/groups/48967/foss4goc/">http://elgg.srv.gc.ca/elgg/pg/groups/48967/foss4goc/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=597325918-19012010>Geospatial Metadata Management group: <A
href="http://elgg.srv.gc.ca/elgg/pg/groups/48947/geospatial-metadata-management/">http://elgg.srv.gc.ca/elgg/pg/groups/48947/geospatial-metadata-management/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=597325918-19012010>* </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=597325918-19012010>links avaialble only within the GOC
network</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=597325918-19012010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=597325918-19012010>NOTE: elgg is an open source tool (<A
href="http://elgg.org/">http://elgg.org/</A>)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=597325918-19012010>There is also a FOSS page on GCPedia (<A
href="http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/wiki/Open_Source_Software">http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/wiki/Open_Source_Software</A>)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Gavin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 18, 2010 08:44<BR><B>To:</B> OSGeo
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gov't adopting open source
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<DIV></DIV>There's already an OSGeo wiki section for this thread - please
update with your contributions:<BR><BR><A
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Case_Studies#Open_Source_Policies">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Case_Studies#Open_Source_Policies</A><BR><BR>Gavin<BR><BR>On
Fri, 2010-01-15 at 02:02 -0800, Ravi wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><PRE>Hi.
in India the southern state of Kerala is officially committed to Open Source.
<A href="http://www.catfoss.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57">http://www.catfoss.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57</A>
Cheers
Ravi Kumar
--- On Fri, 15/1/10, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas <<A href="mailto:jsanz@osgeo.org">jsanz@osgeo.org</A>> wrote:
> From: Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas <<A href="mailto:jsanz@osgeo.org">jsanz@osgeo.org</A>>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gov't adopting open source ?
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <<A href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</A>>
> Date: Friday, 15 January, 2010, 3:10 AM
> 2010/1/14 andrea giacomelli <<A href="mailto:pibinko@gmail.com">pibinko@gmail.com</A>>:
> > Hi Tyler
> >
> > 2010/1/14 Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <<A href="mailto:tmitchell@osgeo.org">tmitchell@osgeo.org</A>>:
> >> I'm just starting to dig into this question
> myself, but thought I'd ask if
> >> anyone else knows of a resource/document/site,
> etc. that shows which
> >> governments (nationally, regional or municipal)
> have committed to open
> >> source software?
> >
> >
> > 1) in Europe, there is OSOR, which is the Open Source
> observatory. <A href="http://www.osor.eu">www.osor.eu</A>
> >
> > This can be a good source.
>
> Maybe more related with use cases is ePractice[1], another
> european
> portal focused on use cases in public administration.
>
> In fact, OSOR, ePractice and SEMIC are three parallel
> efforts of the
> European Union to promote free software on public admin.
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] <A href="http://www.epractice.eu/">http://www.epractice.eu/</A>
> [2] <A href="http://www.semic.eu">http://www.semic.eu</A>
> --
> Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas
> Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía
> <A href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz</A>
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