%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2007 %T Q&A. What is the state of open source in public administration? %A Christian Meloche %A Luc Lalande %X What is the state of open source in public administration? %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 09/2007 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/79 %N September 2007 %9 Q and A %1 Infoglobe Christian Meloche has over 20 years of experience in Information Technology. He is Vice President of Operations for Infoglobe. He has been International Operations Director, Manager of Information Systems, Project Leader, Network Administrator, Analyst and Programmer. He has worked for Foreign Affairs Canada, Netscape Communications Corporations, AOL and Time Warner. %2 Talent First Network Luc Lalande is the current Director of the Innovation Transfer Office at Carleton University. Since joining Carleton University in 1996, Luc has initiated and helped implement a number of programs and events aimed at stimulating technological entrepreneurship including the Social Innovation Challenge, Foundry Global and the OttawaTechWiki project. Luc hopes the end result of past, present and future projects will be the encouragement of Ottawa's next generation of technology company builders. In recognition of his efforts, Luc was honoured to receive the Des Cunningham Award in April 2002 from OCRI. The award is presented to an individual who had made a significant contribution to forging business-education partnerships or facilitating government-industry interaction. Luc often cites the Ottawa high-technology community's tremendous goodwill and willingness to share knowledge as the principal reasons for the success of the initiatives he has helped launched at Carleton.