Obama: The Open Source President
In an interview with the BBC, Sun co-founder Scott McNealy revealed today that he has prepared a paper for the Obama administration on creating a more secure and cost-effective government through open source technologies. Michael Tiemann, president of the Open Source Initiative, supports the effort as an obvious cost-saving measure. His organization estimates that the global loss due to proprietary software is "in excess of $1 trillion a year." Tiemann goes on to say ""The concept of open source is going to become an undercurrent to almost everything this administration does,". Read the full article here.
"In an attempt to deliver on pledges of a transparent government, Obama said he would change the way the federal government interprets the Freedom of Information Act. He said he was directing agencies that vet requests for information to err on the side of making information public _ not to look for reasons to legally withhold it _ an alteration to the traditional standard of evaluation."
Excerpt from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/obama-freezes-salaries-of_n_159739.html