[PublicPolicy] Government Open Source Advocates

Tue May 26 15:18:30 UTC 2020

Hello Shimon :

My name is Brent Turner and I am the communications director /secretary for
California Association of Voting Officials.

We have been working for many years ( initially demonstrating prototypes is
2004)  to certify and deploy GPL open source election systems for public
elections in the USA .We have managed to deploy partial systems in New
Hampshire and obtain partial certifications another states.

www.navo-us.org

We have obtained interesting perspective regarding the procurement process
regarding election systems. It appears the government officials have been
"locked in "to repetitive  purchasing of proprietary terminally flawed
voting systems. We initiated the Los Angeles and San Francisco projects for
open source voting but both projects have been absorbed by Microsoft and
other proprietary foes " bobbing in their wake" . We also see Microsoft
backed  lobbyist interference with state and federal legislators

It would be great to confer and understand what steps your country is
taking toward election security, if any..

Best regards,

Brent

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:18 AM Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org>
wrote:

> Hello Shimon,
>
> Thank you for starting off the discussions. In just one day, the list has
> grown by 90+ members. Looks like there is quite a bit of interest around
> open source in government, I just hope we here at the OSI can help
> facilitate the type of dialog we're all looking for. :-)
>
> Maybe we can start by introducing ourselves (if you are comfortable,
> list-lurkers are of course welcome as well).
>
> I'll start...
>
> I'm currently the General Manager here at the OSI with responsibilities
> one might expect in such a role. Of more interest to this group is probably
> my 20 year background in government, specifically public education. Before
> joining the OSI I worked in the University of Massachusetts' Office of the
> President as CTO. Prior to that I served as CIO in the State University of
> New York and Director of the UCLA Media Lab. I am also a former member of
> my local School Board. So, considering my background, this group is of
> particular interest to me and I am excited to see it emerge. Thanks to Shimon
> for the push to help get it going.
>
> I also want to introduce Deb Bryant (
> https://opensource.org/docs/board-annotated#DebBryant), an OSI Board
> Director, who actually started the Public Policy working group (and this
> list) and has tremendous experience and success in open source related work
> in government. I'm hoping she will also introduce herself here (a little
> public pressure) to help keep the ball rolling.
>
> The OSi is committed to helping government realize the benefits of open
> source, and I hope this list can be a useful tool for all of you in gaining
> adoption and fostering participation.
>
> Thank you for your interest and contributions,
> Patrick
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2020-05-26 at 08:40 +0000, Shimon Shore wrote:
>
> Hello to all,
>
>
>
> My name is Shimon Shore and I work in the Israel Ministry of Science and
> Technology.
>
>
>
> I am involved in encouraging Open Source use and contributions by the
> Israeli Government. I help to run a government wide Open Source forum with
> representatives from most government ministries and authorities.
>
>
>
> I am reaching out to you because I thought it would be good for us to
> learn from other similar governmental communities and to explore possible
> cooperation.
>
>
>
> I think that having a forum where we can communicate. Share knowledge and
> experience as it relates specifically to Open Source and government would
> be very useful.
>
>
>
> If this interests you please speak up!
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Shimon Shore
>
>
>
>
>
> *Shimon Shore*
>
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