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Request For Submissions The Center of Open Source & Government announces that it will publish: The Open Source Reference Book 2003 [What Local/National Governments, the Defense Establishment, and The Global 1000 Need To Know About Open Source Software] This is an Open Source resource book targeting the 20,000 IT power users around the world. The Reference Book will provide a Who's Who and Who's Doing What in Open Source. The Reference Book will provide IT power users with profiles and contact information on: - Open Source companies - Open Source vendors - Open Source integrators - Open Source consultants - Open Source resellers - Open Source government projects/policies - Open Source corporate projects/policies - Open Source community projects - Open Source academic/national laboratory projects It will also: - provide a Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) list of Open Source software to identify mature and useable Open Source projects - list what Open Source software is NIAP or Common Criteria evaluated - summarize important government and corporate Open Source policy statements made during the year - highlight important Open Source conferences - provide an Open Source Year in Review section, cataloging Open Source milestones, including a list of published whites papers, books and other important events The Center of Open Source and Government invites you to provide relevant information to be included in the first annual edition of the Open Source Reference Book to be published in time for our 3rd Open Source in Government Conference in Paris, France on November 24-26, 2003. To be considered for inclusion in the Reference Book, please complete the questions at http://www.egovos.org/ref_book.html before May 31, 2003. For more information, please contact us at Book@eGovOS.org and go to www.egovos.org. Best regards, Tony Stanco Founding Director The Center of Open Source & Government Associate Director Open Source and eGovernment Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute George Washington University