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Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by keithpeter on Monday June 24, 2013 @11:00AM (#5933328)
Not to mention reduction in costs for local and national government if people can fill in forms online as opposed to paper or going to an office...
Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by skaevola on Monday June 24, 2013 @05:05PM (#5935673)
But that would require the local government to allow forms to be submitted online. Which mine hasn't :(
Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by keithpeter on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:15AM (#5937670)
UK: big push to get 'open government' going and my local council has a big advertising campaign getting people to use their web pages. Not always online, some services mainly call centre based.

I imagine this will vary widely by country