Bryan Sivak interviewed at OSCON 2010
summary
Local governments often duplicate components like geocoders while states each run their own MMIS systems costing about $50–$120M apiece across 56 jurisdictions. Open source can cut implementation cost roughly 60–80% versus proprietary, but still requires staff and support. The plan is a shared Civic Commons / civic stack—legal templates, case studies, vendor networks—so cities can pick up code, call a support org, and collaboratively tweak working systems.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Software silos in government
- 1:42Benefits of open source
- 3:10Harnessing civic engagement
- 5:15Reframing Gov 2.0
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