Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE).
Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied with the request of the FSFE replying to an e-mail with a document in Open Document Format (ODF), to ensure their conformity to the test. Authorities sent five responses, although not in the required file format. 80 other public institutions did not respond to the request of the FSFE.
“Although the federal policy is reasonably on open standards for interoperability, accessibility and safety, it is clear that most agencies still use inefficient proprietary formats,” said FSFE president Karsten Gerloff. The German citizens were thus forced to use their proprietary standards Communication with authorities.
According to FSFE calls for the Council of the IT officer since early 2010 by government departments to support the ODF. The authorities should be in accordance with the directive in a position to check the open file format, save, and send.
ODF will be used worldwide by a growing number of public institutions means that the part of the FSFE. In addition, it is the prescribed standard for communication between the 26 NATO member states. “Overall, it is still a long way to go before the practice of policy for ODF in the public sector needs,” said Matthias Kirschner, Germany coordinator of FSFE.
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Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied [...]
Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied [...]
Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied [...]
Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied [...]
Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied [...]
Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied [...]
Only 2 of 87 authorities in Germany are using current open standards, as required by the federal government since the beginning of the year. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Only the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection had complied [...]
