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U.S. Defense Department Cozies Up to Open Source

Yesterday we covered the news of the U.S. government showing a little more love to open source by relaunching Whitehouse.gov as a Drupal site. The move came after recent clamoring for the Obama administration to more aggressively pursue open source initiatives. Now, as matt Asay notes, the U.S. Defense Department has issued new guidelines regarding open source adoption.


Whitehouse.gov and OStatic Now Run On the Same Open Source Platform

Slowly but surely, the Obama administration is showing the support for open source that officials have promised. Only a few days ago, there was a new appeal to the administration to show more support, made in a widely followed manifesto post from Andy Updegrove. Now, it's good news to see that Whitehouse.gov has relaunched? as a site based on the open source Drupal content management system (which OStatic is also based on).


A New Appeal to Obama to Support FOSS

Andy Updegrove from ConsortiumInfo.org, who is also deeply involved with the Open Source for America initiative, has a manifesto post up that calls for President Obama to to come out in favor of open source. This isn't the first time that open letters to Obama on this topic have been penned, even though the Obama administration has stated its support for open source. Updegrove's post places urgency on even more administration support.


The Linux Box Joins Open Source for America

Recently, we covered the Open Source for America initiative, which is backed by many heavy-hitting companies and individuals. It will focus on encouraging the use of open source software at the U.S. Federal level, and educating decision makers about open source. Also recently, Kristin did an interesting and far-ranging interview with Elizabeth Ziph, CEO and co-founder of The Linux Box. It's a ten-year old Ann Arbor-based software development consultancy that customizes open source projects for clients across a variety of sectors.

Today, The Linux Box has announced that it is joining the Open Source for America cause. This will no doubt ratchet up the already formidable amount of Linux-focused representation that Open Source for America has.



Open Source for America Has Lofty Goals, Heavy Hitters

The new Open Source for America initiative is starting to get some buzz, with Red Hat, Jaspersoft, Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth, The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin, and other companies and individuals announcing their participation. Andy Updegrove, who will serve on the project's Board of Advisors, has a good post up explaining project goals. It's aimed at encouraging the use of open source software at the U.S. Federal level, and already has a lot of support.


The Push is On for U.S. and U.K. Governments to Go Open Source

The call for government adoption of open source technology is picking up steam in the United States as well as in Britain. According to a study from MeriTalk, which focuses on technology and public policy, Red Hat, and Red Hat VAR DLT Solutions, the U.S. government could save billions of dollars by adopting open source, virtualization and cloud computing in tandem. Meanwhile, the U.K. government has announced plans to accelerate deployment of open source software.?