Open Standards, Interoperability and Government Procurement
November 2, 2006
co-sponsored by the Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech), Sun Microsystems, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Yale Information Society Project, the South Centre and IP Justice.
DRAFT Best Practices for Government Policies and Procurement Practices to Support Broader Information Access in
ODT Format and HTML Format
August 2, 2006. Submission for IGF Synthesis Paper. A Positive Role for Government Procurement in Promoting Open IT
Standards, the Network Effect and the Information Society This paper is contributed for discussion in the Internet Governance Forum by: Susy Struble of Sun
Microsystems; Jamie Love and Manon Ress of the Consumer Project on Technology; Robin Gross of IP Justice; Professor Ghosh of the University of Maastricht; and Gwen Hinze and Seth
Schoen of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.