Newham pulls out of OSS trial

Newham has pulled out of trials of OSS desktop software. It makes sense, given the scale of the work required, but isn’t great news for those of us who’d like to see some sort of trial go ahead.

Government as a web app?

I agree with David Fletcher – government can’t be replaced by a web app (was http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/2003/11/25.html#a1034 marked bad). Many parts of it could be, though. Like most of the city halls and council offices.

OSS in US government

Windley points to several ways in which the US is looking at using open source in state and local government.

Web sites for councillors

From VoxPolitics: Local councillors can now set up and run their own personal websites using Councillor.info, a service sponsored by the LocalGovernment Association to provide