Devis support for the release of the Department of Labor's Workforce Connections software was highlighted in a letter from the Open Source and Industry Alliance to the Secretary of Labor. OASAI President, Ed Black, said "We at the Open Source and Industry Alliance congratulate the Department of Labor on its recent release of Workforce Connections. Workforce Connections is a free and innovative software package used for Web-based education and Web site construction. Labor Department officials tell us that this single program has already saved the Federal Government millions of dollars in software and labor costs, and promises to save taxpayers still more as it comes into wider use by state and local government. OSAIA member Devis of Arlington, Va., developed the code under government contract, and transferred its copyright to the Department at its request."
Devis President Peter Gallagher commented: "Public InfoStructure promotes the benefits and logic of sharing publicly funded information technology under commercial open source license to promote more efficient eGovernment. Devis, a small business, believes strongly that this model - "coopetition" if you will - provides our company solid financial returns because it ultimately provides the "best value" to our Government clients. We requested that the software we developed be released under open source license and we look forward to similar collaboration with other innovative clients."
Devis has since enhanced the WorkforceConnections to create EZ Reusable Objects, or EZRO, as a modified commercial variant. EZRO, released under GPL license, is in use by many organizations is fully supported by Devis. Using EZRO "on-demand" organizations can save money and time by managing Web and eLearning content directly - without the need to know any HTML coding.
About Development InfoStructure, Inc. (Devis)
Development InfoStructure, Inc. (Devis) was founded in 1992 to provide innovative, practical approaches to information management. Devis is a leading provider of IT Consulting services and solutions to Federal, State, and Local Governments as well as the international development community. Devis' standards-based, vendor-independent approach and active support of the open source community help maximize the return on clients' IT investments.
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