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newscluestoday at 10:03 AM2 repliesview on HN

Is there a network or organization for the coordination of government open source projects?

I love the idea of my city, region or nation (or planet) working to solve a problem and releasing the tool to the public. I just don't want every government to duplicate all the same work, some duplication and competition is fine. But the idea that different places have different specialities etc....


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jibbirishtoday at 10:15 AM

In the Netherlands municipalities have been collaborating for years already to build an open source ecosystem: https://commonground.nl/

We have 342 municipalities, all buying the same apps (from 3 or 4 vendors) to deliver basic services to their citizens. Common Ground aims to replace all of those with open source solutions.

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arionhardisontoday at 11:29 AM

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