Announcements

OASIS is pleased to announce a Green IT for Green Policies conference in Brussels on 13/14 October

John.Borras — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:27:19 -0400

OASIS is partnering with the 2010 Belgian Presidency of the European Union (EU) to host a Green I.T. for Green Policy conference on 13-14 October 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. This conference will be an official event in the EU calendar during the Belgian Presidency and will be hosted at the Belgium Federal Ministry of Finance.

The eGov Member Section Steering Committee is playing a prominent role in the planning of this conference.

OASIS eGov Member Section - Webinar on Driving Open Government: The Essential Role of Standards

John.Borras — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:18:30 -0400

The recording of this Webinar held on 26 May 2010 is now available at http://www.oasis-open.org/events/webinars/

Steering Committee approves release of new Guidance Document

John.Borras — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:40:51 -0400

Following full consultations, the Steering Committee of the eGov Member Section has approved the release of a new Guidance Document. This one covers making the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 and provides advice to Governments on the need for removing any barriers from making this transition. For more details, see the Library section of this website.

OASIS and WCO sign an MOU to promote technology standards

John.Borras — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:39:42 -0400

Peter Brown, OASIS Board Chairman, and the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote technology standards worldwide. A full report on the signing is available at http://www.wcoomd.org/speeches/?v=1&lid=1&cid=2&id=227 and a copy of the MOU is attached.

The eGov Member Section will take the lead role for OASIS in liaising with the WCO and helping them to address the needs of Customs administrations in emerging areas relating to information technology.

Steering Committee approves release of two new Gudiance Documents

John.Borras — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:18:13 -0400

Following full consultations, the Steering Committee of the eGov Member Section has approved the release of two new Guidance Documents. The first is on the Pitfalls of eGovernment Programmes and the second is about the use of FLOSS by Governments. For more details, see the Library section of this website.

The Kantara Initiative eGov Work Group and the OASIS eGov Member Section have established a Liaison relationship.

John.Borras — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:59:56 -0500

The Kantara Initiative (KI) and OASIS are pleased to announce that the KI eGov Work Group (WG) and the OASIS eGov Member Section (MS) have established a Liaison relationship.

New Library of approved outputs

John.Borras — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:17:09 -0500

A new library of all approved outputs from the eGov Member Section is now available, see Library on the left-hand navigation panel.

Steering Committee's Work Plan 2010

John.Borras — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:44:01 -0500

The Steering Committee's work plan for 2010 is now available on the new Activities page

The OASIS eGovernment MS Steering Committee approves new procedures for proposing new work items

John.Borras — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:19:22 -0500

The OASIS eGOV MS Steering Committee has approved new procedures whereby members of the Member Section can make proposals to them for new work items to be included in their Work Plan. The new procedures are now available at:

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/egov-ms/document.php?docume...

It is hoped members will take advantage of these new procedures to help prioritise and direct the work of the Steering Committee for the benefit of the whole of the Member Section.

OASIS eGov Member Section - Webinar on The Use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) by Governments

John.Borras — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:08 -0500

The recording of this Webinar is now available at http://www.oasis-open.org/events/webinars/

OASIS invites you to attend a free, 30-minute webinar providing advice and guidance for the use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) by Governments . The webinar is hosted by the eGov Member Section and will be presented by two members of their Steering Committee, Charles Schulz and John Borras.