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The regional administration of the Italian island of Sicily is to consider a law nudging public administrations to use of free and open source software. The proposal, by Massimo Ferrara, a member of the Democratic Party, might also help prevent the break-up of a school on the island, the Instituto Majorana, involved in producing instruction videos on this type of software.

The regional administration of the Italian island of Sicily is to consider a law nudging public administrations to use of free and open source software. The proposal, by Massimo Ferrara, a member of the Democratic Party, might also help prevent the break-up of a school on the island, the Instituto Majorana, involved in producing instruction videos on this type of software.

Ferrara presented his bill "the law on free software in Sicily" early last month.

The regional administration of the Italian island of Sicily is to consider a law nudging public administrations to use of free and open source software. The proposal, by Massimo Ferrara, a member of the Democratic Party, might also help prevent the break-up of a school on the island, the Instituto Majorana, involved in producing instruction videos on this type of software.

Ferrara presented his bill "the law on free software in Sicily" early last month.

A public sector organisation should only refer to a software or file format standard if the standard has been implemented in a sustainable open source software implementation. Without such implementation there is significant risk for the organisation, recommends Björn Lundell after a review of public administration's policies. Lundell is a researcher at the University of Skövde in Sweden.

A public sector organisation should only refer to a software or file format standard if the standard has been implemented in a sustainable open source software implementation. Without such implementation there is significant risk for the organisation, recommends Björn Lundell after a review of public administration's policies. Lundell is a researcher at the University of Skövde in Sweden.

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A public sector organisation should only refer to a software or file format standard if the standard has been implemented in a sustainable open source software implementation. Without such implementation there is significant risk for the organisation, recommends Björn Lundell after a review of public administration's policies. Lundell is a researcher at the University of Skövde in Sweden.

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Tools to help public administrations procure open source were published by the UK government yesterday. The toolkit is part of the cabinet's ICT strategy to "create a level playing field for the use of innovative ICT solutions".

Tools to help public administrations procure open source were published by the UK government yesterday. The toolkit is part of the cabinet's ICT strategy to "create a level playing field for the use of innovative ICT solutions".

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Tools to help public administrations procure open source were published by the UK government yesterday. The toolkit is part of the cabinet's ICT strategy to "create a level playing field for the use of innovative ICT solutions".

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Portugal's Agency for Administrative Modernisation (AMA) is asking citizens to comment on several open standards, including document formats PDF, ODF, interoperability standards, standards for geographic information systems and standards for electronic invoicing. Comments are welcome until the end of this month.

Portugal's Agency for Administrative Modernisation (AMA) is asking citizens to comment on several open standards, including document formats PDF, ODF, interoperability standards, standards for geographic information systems and standards for electronic invoicing. Comments are welcome until the end of this month.

The consultation is part of the country's law on open standards, adopted in April. This law requires a list and some rules on open standards and AMA is using the consultation to get citizen’s comments. It will result in a regulation on National Digital Interoperability.

Portugal's Agency for Administrative Modernisation (AMA) is asking citizens to comment on several open standards, including document formats PDF, ODF, interoperability standards, standards for geographic information systems and standards for electronic invoicing. Comments are welcome until the end of this month.

The consultation is part of the country's law on open standards, adopted in April. This law requires a list and some rules on open standards and AMA is using the consultation to get citizen’s comments. It will result in a regulation on National Digital Interoperability.

The Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) has recently announced that Open e-PRIOR, the open-source eProcurement platform, will soon include a web portal for eInvoicing allowing Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and individuals to submit electronic invoices to their customers who have already installed Open e-PRIOR.

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The Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) has recently announced that Open e-PRIOR, the open-source eProcurement platform, will soon include a web portal for eInvoicing allowing Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and individuals to submit electronic invoices to their customers who have already installed Open e-PRIOR.

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