We all know that public #administrations are very dependent on #Microsoft. @tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierungnow wrote a piece on the German government's dependency on #Oracle, and it is well worth your read (paywall). https://background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisierung/umstrittener-vier-milliarden-deal-mit-oracle

#Germanpolitics #OpenSource #Datacenters #Dependency #StrategicITAutonomy

#BusinessAsUsual: But the Obama and Trump #administrations both vehemently fought Juliana v. United States, , and now those close to the case say that Biden’s Department of Justice (#DOJ) has indicated it will also use every procedural tool at its disposal to prevent the #lawsuit from ever getting a #trial.

https://www.levernews.com/biden-is-preparing-to-crush-historic-climate-change-lawsuit/

RT @EU_DIGIT@twitter.com

Big changes are built on partnership. The Next Generation Digital Strategy supports everyone in the @EU_Commission@twitter.com to play their part in our transformation to a fully #digital service and reaches out to other #administrations on our journey. 
→ http://europa.eu/!t7xV7V

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EU_DIGIT/status/1542854710385954817

Big changes are built on partnership. The Next Generation Digital Strategy supports everyone in the @EU_Commission@twitter.com to play their part in our transformation to a fully #digital service and reaches out to other #administrations on our journey. 
→ http://europa.eu/!t7xV7V

RT @humane_tech_now
With #EuropeanCommission starting a pilot on the decentralized #Fediverse with their #EUVoice and #EUVideo platforms, there's more interest by other government institutions. They might watch our 3-part event #ActivityPub for #Administrations held last year
https://mastodon.social/@humanetech/106102689524987642