"The study suggests that software developed for and owned by public 
administrations should be issued under an open source license. It also 
recommends that a software pooling facility should provide quality guarantees 
and help resolve questions of liability that currently often inhibit the 
sharing of developments. More than simply providing software, the pooling 
facility should make available expertise and help create a community of 
developers, users and policy makers."


Full report is here:

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?
fuseAction=showDocument&parent=news&documentID=550

I could see this approach working not only for Maricopa County but all the 
Counties in the state.


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