Defense Department Wants More Open-Source Software

Speaking of open-source software (see today's earlier post about the White House adopting open-source), the Department of Defense is also exploring ways to use open-source programs to as a way to be more efficient.

David Wennergren, the DoD's acting chief information officer, released a memo clarifying how the department can utilize open-source software, which the DoD has been trying to use for some time. "Unfortunately, there have been misconceptions and misinterpretations of the existing laws, policies and regulations that deal with software and apply to OSS (open-source software), that have hampered effective DoD use and development of OSS."