Norway is working to understand the importance of open standards and open source in the public sector.
A working group within the Ministry of Modernisation has produced a report on the use of open IT standards and open source code in the public sector. Report PDF.
The Minister of Modernisation (now that is a cool title!) Morten Andreas Meyer adopted an open source priority approach in the eNorge 2009 plan. Norway will be holding a hearing on the topic on the 15 September. Høring – Bruk av Ã¥pne standarder og Ã¥pen kildekode i offentlig sektor.