Uploaded by sussexlinuxusergroup on Jun 13, 2007
Answers from Freedom of Information Act 2000 about FLOSS in the public sector.
Petition the PM about this
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/opensourcegov/
http://tinyurl.com/35jqlo
Read an update version of slides
http://www.sussex.lug.org.uk/presentations/foi07.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/3bfqay
Full unedited version
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4331616749298783674&hl=en-GB
http://tinyurl.com/2hdp9x
Gives the public the right to ask for information from any UK public authority.
Anyone in the world can ask. All you need to supply is your Name & Postal Address or e-mail Address. You do not have to be a UK citizen to ask.
I asked 26 questions on there IT infrastructure.
The request was sent to about 400 public authority's.
Local/County/District council's and Police force's which are all in England.
All request where sent by e-mail and independently archived.
It's there desktop market to lose and everyone else to gain!
Top politicians are now taking Open Source seriously.
We can make FLOSS a issue at next general election!
How many desktop computers do you have and what OS
How many laptop computers do you have and what OS
How many computers are used as servers and what OS
How many staff have an user account on your network
How many staff have an e-mail account
What is the e-mail server/client software in use
How many computers are using that e-mail client on
Do use http proxy server what is the name of it
What browser software is in use and how many installed
How are connection to Internet DSL/Leased Line and rate
Do you allow workers to work at home (VPN)
What office software is in use and how many installed
Now for the real hard hitting Open Source questions
Has a Open Source comparative been reviewed for:-
operating system
e-mail sever
e-mail client
http proxy server
web browser
office
Usefull sites
Department for Constitutional Affairs
http://www.foi.gov.uk/
Information Commissioner
http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Open Government: a journal on freedom of information
http://www.opengovjournal.org/
Society of Information Technology Management
http://www.socitm.gov.uk/
Campaign for Freedom of Information
http://www.cfoi.org.uk/
Charter 88
http://www.charter88.org.uk/
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