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> From: "General announcement list (low traffic)" > <osa-annou...@opensourceforamerica.org> > Date: August 24, 2011 10:44:50 AM PDT > To: osa-annou...@opensourceforamerica.org > Subject: [OSA-Announce] Open Source for America Awards Nominations Now Open! > Reply-To: no-re...@opensourceforamerica.org > > Hello OSFA members, > As we mentioned in our newsletter earlier this week, Open Source for America > recently celebrated its second anniversary, and once again we'd like to > recognize the individuals, projects and deployments that support our mission > to encourage free and open source software in the US government. The > nomination form is now posted on our website. Nominate an individual or > project for an award at http://opensourceforamerica.org/awards > Categories > > 1. Individual Award: a contributor who has made significant contributions in > the promotion and use of open source solutions in the U.S. government during > the past year. The 2010 winner wasBrian Behlendorf, collaboration advisor to > the Department of Health and Human Services on its NHIN CONNECT project. > > 2. Open Source Project: an open source project that has shown promise and > benefit for U.S. government use. The 2010 winner was the Open Source Digital > Voting Foundation (OSDV) for itsTrustTheVote Project. > > 3. Open Source Deployment in Government: a U.S. government agency or body > that has shown commitment to the use of open source, through policy and/or > adoption. The 2010 winner wasWhiteHouse.gov, and the Executive Office of the > President, for its Drupal platform migration. > > 4. OSFA Contributor award: an individual who has made significant > contributions to the organization. 2010 winner: Ean Schuessler, Brainfood, > Volunteer webmaster for OSFA. > > > Nominations will be accepted through the Open Source for America website > through September 9, 2011. Winners will be announced at Fed Talks on October > 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. For more info on the nomination and judging > process see the Official Rules. > > Best Regards, > > Melanie Chernoff > on behalf of > Open Source for America > > _______________________________________________ > OSA-announce mailing list > osa-annou...@opensourceforamerica.org > http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osa-announce
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