US Choosing Open Source To Open Government
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009White House, DoD Demonstrate Support for Open Source Software 
The Office of the Secretary of Defense CIO recently released policy guidance promoting the use of open source software throughout the U.S. Department of Defense. The DoD is not the only area where the federal government is embracing open source, so is the White House whose Web site now runs on open source technologies. “By choosing open source software as the defining technology of Whitehouse.gov, it is clear that the President means business,” said Bill Vass, president and COO of Sun Microsystems Federal.
