Open Source For America is a coalition organized to support and promote Open Source Software use by the US Government. (They are a bit inconsistent in deciding if it is “Open Source” or “Free and Open Source” – both terms are used, the former much more than the latter).

One of the strongest arguments against proprietary formats is public use, such as goverment records. It seems ridiculous that one must pay a corporate 3rd party to do government business, but that’s how things are done in far too many cases.

I can’t say if OSFA will make a difference in this area or not, but they have recently More >