The report on the International Cloud Syposium 2011 which was recently held in the UK is now available - see attached.

OASIS issued a press release on the upcoming International Cloud Symposium with links to the programme and confirmed list of speakers. Registration is open and sponsorship opportunities are available. This event is co-hosted by the OASIS eGov and IDtrust Member Sections.

"The Intersection of Policies, Standards, & Best Practices for Robust Trusted Public Sector Cloud Deployments" is the theme of this first annual event, which will be held 10-14 Oct at the historic Ditton Manor outside London. The interactive format will allow professionals from public, private and academic sectors to share experiences on cloud adoption challenges and barriers. The newest developments in successful cloud computing implementations will also be featured.

Host by the OASIS eGov Member Section, this breakfast seminar and networking event provides members with an opportunity to help identify
what OASIS, as an organization together with its TCs, can do to ensure that open standards continue to play an important role and that our
standards can be legitimately referenced and used in EU public policy and service delivery in the future.

All are welcome to attend to debate theses and other issues of common concern with representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament and other governmental agencies.

The Transformational Government Framework TC has produced the CND01 version of its "Transformational Government Framework Primer" and this is now available in the OASIS Library - see http://docs.oasis-open.org/tgf/TGF-Primer/v1.0/ 

OASIS is pleased to announce the results of the election for the 2011 OASIS eGov Member Section (MS) Steering Committee.Congratulations to Harm Jan van Burg - Netherlands Ministry of Finance, Bob Sunday - Government of Canada and Colin Wallis – Government of New Zealand representing governmental entities. Also, congratulations to John Borras and Steve Mutkoski - Microsoft, representing business centric entities. They have been elected to serve until March 2013.

The Transformational Government Workshop was hosted at the World Bank's offices in Washington DC on 9th December 2010.  The aim was to review the work on the newly formed Transformational Government Framework Technical Committee. 

OASIS is offering a complimentary Workshop, in cooperation with the World Bank e-Development Group and CS Transform, to provide a unique opportunity to exchange experiences amongst professionals from the public administration and the private sector regarding the significance of open standards for efficient and transformational government.  This complimentary Workshop is an ideal opportunity for you to:

• Learn about the emerging concept of Transformational Government, and how it fits with global initiatives

Following the recent very successful conference in Brussels on Green IT for Green Policy, we have produced the attached Action Plan for taking forward some of the important technical aspects identified during the conference.  We hope that by delivering on these actions it will enable OASIS to make a significant contribution to the Green agenda.  Periodic progress reports will be provided on the action plan but if anybody wishes to provide any views on the plan or wishes to know more about any specific item then please contact John Borras at johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk

The OASIS eGov Member Section is pleased to announce that the new Transformational Government Framework Technical Committee has joined the eGov Member Section.