@article {1331,
	title = {An Analysis of the Adoption of Open Source Software by Local Public Administrations},
	journal = {International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {1 - 29},
	abstract = {The wide diffusion of open source software (OSS) is driving discussion among scholars on a set of issues, including its adoption by public administrations (PA). Previous works discussed a few factors that drive the decision to adopt OSS and did not address the potential benefits in terms of e-government that OSS may bring to PA. This paper fills these gaps. The analysis is based on the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and studies the adoption of software (both proprietary and open source) by local PA. The results show there is increased adoption of OSS in several different domains of application, both servers and desktop clients. Among the motivations to adopt OSS, dependence on software suppliers is important. Its adoption also positively affects the variety and extent of interactivity of local public e-services.},
	keywords = {government},
	issn = {1942-3934},
	doi = {10.4018/jossp.2010070101},
	author = {Rentocchini, Francesco and Tartari, Dimitri}
}
@conference {734,
	title = {Open Source Software in Public Administration. A real example OSS for egovernment Observatories},
	booktitle = {OSS2005: Open Source Systems },
	year = {2005},
	pages = {119-124},
	abstract = {Open Source Software (OSS) has risen to great prominence. Briefly, OSS programs are programs whose licenses give users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, to study and modify the program, and to redistribute copies of either the original or modified program (without having to pay royalties to previous developers). In the last years the Italian Public Administrations (PA) points out the benefits of using OSS as a valid alternative to closed source software. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the state of the art of OSS in Italian PA and describe two pratical examples of the use of OSS in the e-government area. Those examples are represented by the local e-government observatories developed respectively by Emilia Romagna and Liguria Regions. A real and settled knowledge about current and past egovernment initiatives in Italy can improve the future planning. For these reasons several Italian Regions developed Observatories for e-Government and Informatio...},
	url = {http://pascal.case.unibz.it/handle/2038/1208},
	author = {Davini, Emanuela and Faggioni, Elisabetta and Granatella, Giampiero and Tartari, Dimitri and Scotto, Marco}
}
@conference {776,
	title = {Un{\textquoteright}applicazione Open Source: l{\textquoteright}Osservatorio sull{\textquoteright}e-government e la societ{\`a} dell{\textquoteright}informazione},
	booktitle = {OSS2005: Open Source Systems },
	year = {2005},
	pages = {291-293},
	abstract = {I processi d{\textquoteright}innovazione, conseguenza dei progetti di e-government, che da alcuni anni interessano gli EELL, possono essere apprezzati solo se osservati nella loro veste di azioni integrate comuni a pi{\`u} soggetti. Predisporre uno strumento logico-tecnologico che colmi le carenze informative e che sia di supporto, alle amministrazioni territoriali, in sede di programmazione e pianificazione delle politiche {\`e} quanto si {\`e} sperimentato in Regione Emilia-Romagna. Sono stati cos{\`\i} realizzati una banca dati ed un applicativo web-based, entrambi basati su componenti software Open Source. Tale scelta {\`e} stata dettata dalla volont{\`a} di diffondere e facilitare questa pratica in altre realt{\`a} territoriali. Questo esperimento, oramai attivit{\`a} consolidata, ha prodotto risultati informativi per il territorio regionale ed {\`e} punto di partenza per un{\textquoteright}evoluzione su scala nazionale.},
	url = {http://pascal.case.unibz.it/handle/2038/1550},
	author = {Tartari, Dimitri}
}
