UK Govt. supports open standards
The UK Government has supported the adoption of open standards for government documents. The government has supported open standards and interoperability through its eGovernment Interoperability Framework (eGIF).
FOSSFA wants African leaders to embrace FOSS
On the occasion of Software Freedom Day 2006, the Free Software and Open Source Foundation (FOSSFA) called on heads of state, policy makers and all Africans to support free and open source software (FOSS).
Government of India saves $9m with G2006
Government agencies, India, have achieved an estimated $9 million saving over the next three years with the signing of a new triennial licensing agreement with Microsoft, known as G2006.
NIIT Technologies, Thailand certified BS 15000
NIIT Technologies Thailand has been recently accredited with certification of BS15000 certification.
Proposal for joint certification of e-governance products
The Minister for IT and Communications of India, Mr Dayanidhi Maran said at a national seminar on e-governance in municipalities that a shortcoming of the Indian IT industry was its failure to come up with world-class products. According priority to e-governance plan for improving service delivery to citizens and businesses, he has proposed enabling certification of products in e-governance domain, jointly with the Ministry of Urban Development.
