CIO Magazine: French Eye Open Source, e-Government Savings

"The seriously cash-strapped French Government is looking to e-government and open source software for its salvation, under a plan to boost productivity and slash public spending.

"Minister for civil service reform Renaud Dutreil told the fifth Worldwide Forum on e- Democracy in Paris late September that the French Government expects to cut up to half a million jobs from the French civil service over the next 10 years, according to a report in E-Government Bulletin..."

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