Abstract

 Open Source Software and Open Government    Willis, Jim   

Open Source Software and Open Government

Abstract

Rhode Island's Office of the Secretary of State has implemented successful large-scale open source development projects. Building on these successes, we hope to facilitate co-development of OSS solutions with other states by sharing code and development responsibilities where possible. In particular, the  Apache    MySQL    PHP   Rules and Regulations project   exposed the merits of OSS to more than 90 state agencies while providing easier public access to statewide regulations. We will articulate the efforts made to address the initial resistance to use of OSS and provide a demonstration of two of our OSS development projects. In demonstrating the applications we will illustrate such technologies as , and as well as discuss some of the mistakes we've learned from during the development process.