About GOSCON

GOSCON DC is a special production of the Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) designed to meet the needs of senior IT executives of federal agencies and regional state and local government. 
 
Now more than ever governments across the world are turning to open source software (OSS) as it impacts the way they procure, resource, collaborate, develop and rapidly deploy information technology to support of their organization's mission and goals. 
 
In the United States,  the new administration sets expectations of openness, transparency and accountability and utilizes open source technology as a transformational technology. The US legislature considers open source software policy for public procurement, contracting, and health IT.
 
GOSCON DC will gather governmental and industry leadership to create an unrivaled cross-industry conversation to explore the issues, experience and business case for open source.  The new Open Technology Forum provides an additional opportunity for technical staff to partiicpate and learn and Open Technology solutions.

Background: GOSCON was created to educate and inform senior information and communications technology managers and public administrators on the essential concepts, the promise and emerging practice of OSS in 2005. The initial conference was held in Portland, Oregon USA, where the small venue immediately sold out to attendees from across the US and abroad.  What was initiated as a regional conference that drew an international following has become an annual international event located on the West Coast, providing an outstanding platform for collaboration and information exchange in the public sector.