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Ask questions and share knowledge about open source content management systems and web publishing tools.

A community for current and future delegates of Public Sector Forums’ Open Source events. Network with colleagues, speakers and the organisers.

Advocacy group for promoting and supporting the use of Ubuntu in the UK. Ubuntu is a free community-developed Debian-based Linux operating system that can be used on desktops, laptops or servers.

This community space is for companies and organisations offering open source services and expertise to the UK public sector.

The NZ Open Source Society is collaborating with several central and local NZ government agencies to evaluate the suitability of Linux on the desktop for government. The project is called the Public Sector Remix and we want to be able to share experiences and evaluate the policies and outcomes of other countries.

More on the project here:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2009/public-sector-remix-project-launch

and here:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2009/public-sector-remix-proposes-open-data-open-standards-open-source

Utilising and harnessing the power of Open Source and GNU projects, tools and philosophies to secure legacy networks and provide governance / regulatory assurance.

A community for those interested in developing, adopting and promoting open standards and specifications in the public sector.

Little critical consideration has been given to how technology can be used to tackle the UK Government’s social exclusion initiatives.

What is sure that existing, proprietary, mainstream technology can not provide the solution.

The objectives of this special interest group are:
to agree an architecture, based on Free / Open Source Software, that provides secure client computing at an affordable cost;
to configure a Linux distribution, based on Debian, that enables social inclusion;
to develop the architecture to enable secure, remote management of these clients;
to develop and put in place the infrastructure to provide user support.

A community to share ideas and discuss issues relating to the use of GIS/geospatial technologies and location-based intelligence in the public sector. This group has been established following Public Sector Forums’ Efficiency and Cost Savings through GIS, NLPG & Location-Based Intelligence conference on 15 October 2009.

Open data, the licensing of open data and linking open data/semantic web.