[Ubuntu-US-CA] New California Govt IT Policy on Open Source

[Grant Bowman]

I am forwarding a message from the North Bay Linux User's Group.
http://www.nblug.org  There is a struggling Sacramento Linux User's
Group http://www.saclug.org that could use some help if you are in
that area or know people that are.

To add more context and summary, here's an excerpt from
http://www.cio.ca.gov/Government/IT_Policy/pdf/IT_Policy_Letter_10-01_Open_Source_Software.pdf

PURPOSE: The purpose of this Information Technology Policy Letter (ITPL) is to:
• Formally establish the use of Open Source Software (OSS) in
California state government as an acceptable practice;
• Add the OSS definition to the State Administrative Manual (SAM)
Section 4819.2;
• Remind organizations of the existing SAM Sections pertaining to
software management and security; and
• Announce changes to the Software Management Plan Guidelines [Section
120 of the Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM)].

Grant Bowman
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam


Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:39:58 -0000 (UTC)
From: "Ed Rogers" <ed at rogersecommerce.com>
Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Open Source is now acceptable
To: <talk at nblug.org>


http://www.cio.ca.gov/Government/IT_Policy/ITPL.html

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