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@article{146817,
        author = {Harshavardhana Doddamani and Dr. Shantakumar B. Patil and Dr. Premjyoti Patil},
        title = {Need of Open Source Software for the Public Administration},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {5},
        number = {2},
        pages = {293-296},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=146817},
        abstract = {Open Source Software (OSS) getting to be more and more used worldwide in Public Administration (PA). As PAs are among the biggest computer- and software consumers, thus they should be very careful what to use, how to use. PAs spend every year a huge amount of money for commercial off-the-shelf software licenses. By using appropriate technologies, such expenses might be either reduced, or re-routed to further develop local business[1]. This paper aims at introducing, analyzing, and supporting the use of OS software. The Government of Indian has recently proposed to go the open source way in its e-governance projects, and the Department of Information Technology has issued a Draft Policy in this regard. This move has been welcomed by the IT industry. However, some implementation issues need to be addressed},
        keywords = {Software, Public, Administration, licenses, e-governance},
        month = {},
        }