%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T Editorial: Open Source in Government (May 2009) %A Dru Lavigne %A James Bowen %X Last summer, the Center for Strategic and International Studies published the sixth update to their Open Source Policy survey. The survey "tracks governmental policies on the use of open source software as reported in the press or other media." The report lists 275 open source policy initiatives. It also breaks down by country and by government level whether the policy on the use of open source is considered to be advisory, preferential, or mandatory. The editorial theme for the May issue of the OSBR is "open source in government" and we are pleased that the authors have drawn upon their experiences to provide insight into public policy regarding open source for many parts of the world. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 05/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/248 %N May 2009 %9 Editorial %1 Talent First Network Dru Lavigne is a technical writer and IT consultant who has been active with open source communities since the mid-1990s. She writes regularly for O'Reilly and DNSStuff.com and is the author of the books BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics. %2 uOttawa James Bowen, PhD, PMP, CMC is an Ottawa technology entrepreneur and adjunct professor at uOttawa's Telfer School of Management. He has has over 25 years of experience as a technology company entrepreneur. His primary focus is bringing ideas, technology products/services, people, markets and money together into sustainable endeavours.