Procuring Web 2.0 Technology for the Federal Government
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"Federal procurement laws that dictate how the government selects software predate the rise of Web 2.0 technologies. Congress passed the Competition in Contracting Act in 1984, which requires “full and open” competition for all software and other governmental purchases. These regulations, which require a formal bidding process before selecting any new service, do not appear to apply to free Web 2.0 technologies. Yet they do highlight important considerations for the federal government, which will not want to show favoritism for any one service over another, and will need to comply to the extent possible with privacy, security, accessibility, and other regulations.
The Obama administration favors the development of Web 2.0 technologies in the federal government, and its first websites, such as whitehouse.gov and recovery.gov will serve as the model and test case for all other federal sites. The central decision is whether it should put Web 2.0 technologies through a formal procurement process, or whether it should allow more flexible, open use of Web 2.0 technologies."
Read the entire article, download the report and read the Executive Summary at:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/06/web2.0_procurement.html
By Peter Swire |
Published by AmericanProgress.org
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