The following is a list of resources gathered that may be referenced in the toolkit:
- United Nations Secretary-General's Roadmap for Digital Cooperation
- Digital Public Goods Standard (source text here)
- Open Source for Global Public Goods. World Bank (2019).
- The Benefits of Coding in the Open
- Open Source in the Field: Two Cases from Open Data Kit
- DHIS2: The Tool to Improve Health Data Demand and Use in Kenya
- Open Source Software Finds its Sweet Spot in the Public Sector
- OpenDRI & GeoNode: A Case Study on Institutional Investments in Open Source
- Accelerated Digitalization: Estonian e-Government Ecosystem. Foundation, applications, outcomes. Kristjan Vassil. Institute of Government and Politics. University of Tartu (June 2015). The purpose of this report is to analyze how and which policies, institutions, technologies and other factors have contributed to the development of a vibrant e- government ecosystem in Estonia; Understand which e-services have attracted the widest usage and render highest fiscal returns as well as efficiency to the government; Investigate the impact of top e-services on the digital development of the country, as well as individual level behavior.
- E-estonia runs its e-governance on principles of open platforms and transparency yet also the building blocks of security and safety and interoperability services. (see the e-Estonia Guide)
- E-estonia developed a system named X-Road that is an open-source data exchange layer software and it defined the baseline security standard for all data transport within the Estonian government information enterprise, enabling a more efficient and secure way to govern. Personal Control of Privacy and Data: Estonian experience.
- In order to understand current PbD practices in digital ID systems, a recent ID4D paper explores different legal, operational, and technical controls used by in Estonia, India, and Austria.
- Resources Guide for using Open Source for security and privacy protection
- UNCTAD: Data protection and regulations and international data flows: Implications for Trade and Development
- Policy research and Data Privacy
- Don't be afraid to code in the open: here's how to do it securely. Blog post announcing that the UK Digital Service has updated it's guidance about when to keep source code closed and generally an evolved outlook on security.
Guidance and frameworks for governments on developing relevant internal capacity within in order to scale DPGs
- SDG Digital Investment Framework: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Investing in Digital Technologies to Achieve the SDGs
- Building and Reusing Open Source Tools for Government. (New America) - A Best Practices Guide for Building and Reusing OS in Government
- 10 Principles for Building a Digital Government Stack
- Organizational Guide to ICT4D: Leveraging Technology for International Development: This guide is designed to help organizations adopt processes, build knowledge, and ultimately develop solutions that are guided by the Principles for Digital Development. TOC includes: Transformative Power of ICT, Organizational Change, Knowledge Exchange, Build a Portfolio, Manage Processes, Develop an Advisory Service.
- Toolkit: Digital Government Urgency, Readiness and Maturity Assessment, Observatory of Public Sector Innovation, OECD. The Toolkit: Digital Government Urgency, Readiness and Maturity Assessment helps public sector entities assess urgency for digital transformation and evaluate their organizational readiness and maturity. (behind paywall)
- Playbook: Government as a Platform
- Everything a government attorney needs to know about open source software licensing. The purpose of the document is to provide government legal counsel with a brief primer (not legal advice) on open source licenses.
- Federal Source Code Toolkit: This is a government-wide project facilitated by the Code.gov team to produce "how to" documentation pertaining to federal source code and open-source software (OSS). It provides guidance to agencies for creating and maintaining federal source code inventories and open-source repositories.
- Software Global Goods: A Valuation Framework is an Excel-based tool that provides a framework to estimate (a) the retrospective development cost of a software global good,and (b) the ongoing costs required to enable the core software to remain stable, develop new features, and stay competitive.
- Wow! USAID Finds 3 Global Digital Health Goods are Worth $109 Million Dollars
- Procurement Of Digital Technology: A buyer's category management guide and resources for the Procurement of Digital Technologies in furthering the Sustainable Development Goals.
- A Case Study on Institutional Investments In Open Source, prepared for the World Bank.
Indicators and tools for governments to assess the maturity and readiness for a digital public good to be adopted at the country-level.
- Enhanced Youth Engagement: Anushah Hossain's research on the participation of FOSS communities in Bangladesh which found that non-code contributions are critical in making software available to diverse, global populations. Her findings revealed that university students largely drove communities around technology projects and that participants are motivated to seek opportunities for "socialization, leadership, and technical skills-training, and reputation building."
- Beyond Scale: How to Make Your Digital Development Program Sustainable, Digital Impact Alliance (2017).
- Guidelines for Sustainable Open Source Communities in the Public Sector. DIGIT, European Commission (2020). Given the growing importance of open-source software in public administrations, the European Commission's Open Source Software Repository (OSOR) published dedicated Guidelines for Sustainable Open Source Communities in the Public Sector.
- Key success factors of sustainable Open Source Communities. DIGIT, European Commission (2020). The purpose of this study is to lay the foundation for the Guidelines (mentioned above) by analyzing what determines the sustainability of public sector open-source communities. More specifically, the objective of this study is to identify the key success and failure factors behind the establishment of sustainable open-source communities in the public sector as well as to select and analyze relevant case studies of such communities.
- 5 Things Digital Public Good Software Projects Need to Scale, Digital Impact Alliance (2020).
- Open source for government resources. Many local, regional, and national governments are engaged with open-source software and communities. This site provides a few resources that may help departments and agencies understand the value of open-source software and development communities within the public sector, as well as how public institutions can engage with, and implement similar initiatives to realize the greatest returns for their citizens and governments.
- iSPIRT (Indian Software Product Industry Round Table) has policy recommendations and other resources.
- The State Of Free & Open Source Software In India. A snapshot of FOSS in India and some suggestions on next steps and goals.