My take on the bill is that the focus of the legislation should be with open standards and access to source code. The use of open standards ensures interoperability and equitable access to information. It is something that our government needs to specify in the technology it adopts so that we the people can readily access information and services it provides. With regards to what standards to follow, we can adopt international standards and if none exists the government can define its own using the principles of interoperability and equitable access.
Access to source code used in the government 's IT infrastructure is also significant because this ensures transaparency. All IT suppliers must give the government access to its source code. We need to be able to verify that systems used by the government are honest and equitable. I am not suggesting that the all source code of the government's IT systems be made public, However, I believe it is important that some sectors of society should be given access to it as well.
Given that the above principles are met what remains is the issue of cost. And we know from here which is the likely winner.
Holden
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