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Open Source in Government
Open source is answering the call at government agencies at all levels as they look for opportunities to carve out costs and improve security, transparency, public participation and collaboration. Why? Open source is stable, trustworthy, and secure, and Red Hat solutions are being used across government agencies to create efficiencies, eliminate vendor lock-in, meet mission-critical IT demands and improve service delivery.
Open Government Directive
What the Open Government Directive Means for Open Source
More information
- Video: Obama: Open Source President
- Video: Red Hat at OSCON- Applying Open Source Principles to the Federal Government
- Success Stories
- Government Business Council Insight Report
Toward a More Open Government: The State of Transparency in Federal Agencies
Press & Articles
- Managing Technology: Open To Change
- Why Open Source?
- The Open Source Index: The causes and the worldwide growth of open source
- What Transparency Means to Feds Red Hat CEO seeks open source in government
- Government Executive: Behind the Curtain What transparency really means
- Red Hat CEO seeks open source in government
- Kundra advocates open source
- More Press & Articles
Blogs
Webinars & Events
- Webinar: Transparency - Is the Government Ready?
- Webinar: How to Make Transparency Work
Data Services - Your Key to Secure Information Sharing - Event: Federal IT on a Budget Forum (May 21, 2009)
Whitepapers
- Communities Drive Open Source Software
By: Gunnar Hellekson and Greg Pryzby - The Opportunity for Linux in the New Economy
By: Al Gillen, IDC - How Open Source Software Can Save the ICT Industry One Trillion Dollars per Year
By: Michael Tiemann, President Open Source Initiative, Vice President Open Source Affairs, Red Hat - 5 Strategies to Help You Carve Out Costs with OS Solutions from Red Hat
- Why Now is the Time for Open Source
