15 stories tagged government-it, newest first.
168 points by lowkeyokay | 156 comments
Computerworld Denmark article reporting that the Danish Ministry of Digitalisation quietly ended its pilot testing Collabora as an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.
279 points by armcat | 114 comments
Sveriges Radio news article reporting that Sweden's Government Offices are blocking ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers in favor of approved tools like Microsoft Copilot.
547 points by cmrdporcupine | 496 comments
Reuters news article about a DHS order banning the Chinese AI DeepSeek from U.S. federal civilian agency IT systems; the capture shows only a device verification screen.
458 points by jnord | 376 comments
Ars Technica article about twin brothers who deleted 96 government databases minutes after being fired, highlighting credential revocation practices.
357 points by pabs3 | 197 comments
XDA Developers article reporting that the French government is moving from Windows to Linux, citing dependence on US tech as a strategic risk.
340 points by Teever | 151 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that the French government plans to replace Windows with Linux to reduce dependence on US technology.
746 points by embedding-shape | 358 comments
French government press release on accelerating digital sovereignty and reducing dependence on non-European tech, following an interministerial seminar.
800 points by robtherobber | 390 comments
The Record news article reporting that Denmark's digital agency plans to move away from Microsoft software in pursuit of digital independence.
329 points by JustSkyfall | 97 comments
Blog post criticizing the UK Government's AI Skills Hub, a site delivered by PwC under a £4.1 million contract, describing it as essentially a bookmarks site.
405 points by buyucu | 93 comments
It's FOSS News article reporting that Austria's BMWET ministry migrated 1,200 employees from Microsoft to a sovereign Nextcloud setup in four months.
394 points by zdw | 317 comments
CSO Online news analysis reporting that foreign hackers breached the NNSA's Kansas City nuclear weapons plant by exploiting Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities.
1958 points by ksec | 872 comments
Korea JoongAng Daily news article reporting that a fire at South Korea's NIRS data center destroyed the government's cloud storage system, with no backups available.
334 points by jlpcsl | 159 comments
Heise news article reporting that the Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs is replacing Microsoft Windows and Office with Linux and LibreOffice for all employees.
353 points by CrankyBear | 246 comments
ZDNet article reporting that a German state is replacing Microsoft Windows and Office with Linux and LibreOffice across its government systems.
328 points by deadbunny | 303 comments
CZ.NIC page announcing the Czech government's decision to stop providing state administration services over IPv4 on 6 June 2032.