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| DATE | 2003-02-09 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] re: communication
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On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:39, you wrote:
> What exactly is "eGovOS"? Is it one event? A repeating series?
Richard,
all I had wished to do was go to Prague because I thought, given the
circumstances I found, it would be more useful for me to do so than to
attend this particular conference. However, and very much to my surprise,
it seems my decision to do this did very directly precipitate the events
that followed, so I do feel some responsibility for what has happened.
I may not be the best person to answer your question, as I have only
passing familiarity with the conference in question, but I will do my best
to explain it. Certainly there are others who are for more knowledgeable
of this event who can do so and perhaps they will comment on what I will
say or correct any errors I make.
My basic understanding is that this conference was organized by a number
of people, including Tony Stanco, and is in some way supported through the
"Cyberspace Security Policy & Research Institute" at George Washington
University which Tony is affiliated with. This is actually the second
"e-government" conference he has held, the last one being last October, so
one may say it is or likely will be a repeating event.
The full introduction of this conference is "The Center of Open Source &
Government is proud to present a conference on "Open Source for National
and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU"". This particular
egovos conference is being sponsored by IBM, Oracle, Sun, and others, and
anticipates to have the presence and attention of various purchasing
policymakers from both the US and European governments.
The stated goals of this conference is "the presentation of best
practices, awareness raising, and the sharing of experiences among policy
makers, government officials, users/consumers, universities, and industry
specialists in Open Source, e-Government and related fields from the U.S.
and Europe.".
Their list of suggested topics included things like "How can Open
Source Facilitate the Provision of Citizen-Centric Internet-based eGovernment
Services, what Open Source XML Solutions are Available, How do State
Government and Local Authorities Use Open Source", etc...The full list was
long, but this should be sufficient to give the impression and intent
that was communicated.
I know some in the gnue community based in D.C. saw this as a useful
opportunity to present gnue and/or perhaps other free software solutions
in a venue where, while in my view was badly named since it fails to speak
directly of free software, offered based on it's intended audience a
highly useful forum for presenting their views and services before
government bodies. Being part of gnue, and somewhat in commuting
distance to D.C., I also offered to attend to help with any such gnue
exhibition should it occur. Similarly, it seemed like an ideal
opportunity to introduce GNU Alexandria, since that is a package focusing
specifically on delivering e-government solutions for the vision impaired.
David
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