UK: 'Academy' builds business case for Linux in gov't
Open source software is stable, secure, liked by users and can save the government money.
This is the message from the Open Source Academy (OSA), a project set up with funding from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
USA: Caught in the mesh
As more municipalities and government campuses look to build out large-scale wireless networks, so-called mesh technologies built around current 802.11 WiFi standards have become the dominant choice. But with many of these networks still in the building phases—and many more still to be planned—it’s not too late to look at current wireless systems and determine whether one size fits all.
USA: Can OMB's new centers of excellence really compete?
The Office of Management and Budget's strategy for moving agencies to consolidated financial and human resources management systems is about to be put to the test. As agencies begin to adopt shared-services providers, federal experts question whether a 74-year-old law that applies to agency balance sheets will prevent some of the service providers from competing on level ground.
UK: £1.8m injection for e-government one-stop-shop
The Cabinet Office has launched a £1.8m marketing campaign to promote its one-stop-shop public services website, direct.gov.uk.
Although the website, which allows people to access public sector services such as self-assessment tax forms, car tax renewals and course finders, was launched in 2004, the government said it has deliberately waited to market the website until there were enough online services to offer.
Deutschland: Bundesdruckerei bewirbt sich um Gesundheitskarte
Die Bundesdruckerei in Berlin ist zuversichtlich, bei der neuen Gesundheitskarte einen Zuschlag zu bekommen. "Wir haben uns bei der Deutschen Angestellten Krankenkasse (DAK) beworben, und wir werden uns weiter bewerben", sagte Ulrich Hamann, Sprecher der Geschäftsführung der Bundesdruckerei im Gespräch mit dem 'Tagesspiegel' (Montagsausgabe). Die Bundesdruckerei druckt neben Geld, Briefmarken und Patentschriften auch die neuen elektronischen Reisepässe.