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| DATE | 2004-01-05 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] I will be away for a few months...and looking for help in ICT policy
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On Monday 05 January 2004 05:04 pm, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> What is ICT policy? If your expertize is in government procurment, we've
> been missing the boat over the last 2 years somehow.
"very limited expertise". You miss-parsed the meaning I intended in that
part, and if so maybe I should have phrased that differently, my point being
that what I have had experiance in is procurement process. I did have my
most direct experience with the federal acquisition regulations, and with the
federal procurement process, in the role of a federal contractor with some
large successes in selling free software to several government agencies in
the mid 90's, and I do have a general understanding with how OSS/FS should
relate to/can be applied in general terms to procurement law as a matter of
principle. Perhaps experience rather than expertise was a more correct word
to use?
Also, the federal procurement process, while in theory transparent, is in fact
not executed in a manner at all convenient for someone without a direct
physical presence in D.C. to effectively utilize in most cases. There are
just too many meetings with contract officers and potential hearings that are
commonly required and which will take place there. This does not mean there
may not be federal IT procurements which may be open to an exclusively NY
based group or entity, just that the ones that would be are very hard to find
and identify. Software, in particular, is difficult in this manner, since
there is often training and support issues which may involve coverage for
sites and locations that may potentially be anywhere in the U.S. A small but
capitalized $20 million company with a D.C. location and a 10 year history
can actually do this even as an agency level prime (I know), but a
commercially organized community in NYC is a much harder question, and again
requires a lot harder work finding an appropriate contract that may even be
biddable. Local contracts would be much easier to find and persue.
> I was hoping you still have on your agenda our retreat to Lake Placid so
> that we can plan the World GNU/Linux exposition in New York. Also, we need
> to set up the phone system for NYLXS.
I do expect I will be in the US for awhile at the end of January, so yes, this
is still very much on my list.
>
> Ruben
>
> > In addition to this, I have been asked to help draft ICT policy for a
> > sovereign nation, which I may also visit in the next month. I would like
> > to find someone who has direct experience with OS/FS related ICT policy
> > drafts to speak with before I leave. My own very limited expertise in
> > that area tends more to government procurement policies. Naturally I
> > would like to say precisely where I am going, but given the reality that
> > this list is monitored by a hostile corporation that engages in illegal
> > behavior, I thought it best not to do so at this point in time. Anyone
> > interested in discussing this may contact me directly in email;
> > dyfet-at-gnu.org.
> >
> > David
> >
> > ____________________________
> > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
> > Fair Use -
> > because it's either fair use or useless....
> > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
Fair Use -
because it's either fair use or useless....
NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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