This is an updated, revised version of The “Open Source, Open Standards and Re–Use: Government Action Plan“, a document published by The Cabinet Office that encourages government agencies:

  • To ensure that Open Source products are fully and fairly considered throughout government IT;
  • To ensure that requirements are specified and data is published in terms of Open Standards;
  • To seek the same degree of flexibility in commercial relationships with proprietary software suppliers as are inherent in the open source world.

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The Action Plan is published on WriteToReply in collaboration with the Cabinet Office. This site provides a means for commenting on the updated 2010 Action Plan in considerable detail.  The text is broken down into its respective sections for easier consumption. Rather than comment on the text as a whole, you are encouraged to direct comments to specific paragraphs.

The Cabinet Office also have a public dashboard to track comments associated with the Action Plan: Open Source, Open Standards and Re–Use: Government Action Plan Online Media Tracking Dashboard.

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