[A Cabinet Office official] said that simply considering open source alternatives helps improve competition, and mentioned that he encouraged a department to pilot open source LibreOffice as an alternative to upgrading its Microsoft software. This led to Microsoft providing the new software for free.
Cabinet Office is in the process of redefining [the structure] so
that OSAP becomes an online forum
The Terms of Reference for the OSAP are in the process of being
drafted and will be available on the Open Forum Europe (OFE)
website [...] are exempt from disclosure under section 22(1) of the
FOI Act
No OSAP work plan has been agreed for next year
No meetings of OSAP have taken place
No advice has been provided to Government via OSAP
Steps taken by DCLG to improve document interoperability
We've asked DCLG whether they've investigated the possibility of improving document interoperability by removing application specific features (See One Simple Thing).
We've asked West Sussex County Council about the background to the decision to renew an existing ICT contract without tendering due to IP issues and what they are going to do to avoid that happening in the future.
FOI Requests 
