EU calls for open source e-government
A report published by the European Commission is encouraging EU governments
to share open source software resources as a way to cut down on e-government
costs.
According to the study, "Pooling Open Source Software", which was financed
by the Commission's Interchange of Data between Administrations (IDA)
programme, a kind of software clearing house should be created in Europe in
which various administrations could "donate" software for re-use. What's
more, the Commission said that such a facility, which would concentrate on
applications specific to the needs of the public sector, would also
encourage different governments and administrations to re-create already
successful e-government services.
With the cost of e-government soaring in Europe, estimated to increase by 28
percent to EUR6.6 billion this year, sharing software could help save money
as well, the report said. Taking into account the cost that would be
involved in localisation, the Commission said "sharing these e-government
tools could lead to across-the-board improvements in efficiency of the
European public sector."
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