The National Open Source Public Policy Research Institute is designed to create a working government/academic/industry "think tank" to facilitate the understanding and development of technical and socioeconomic policy with regards to public sector's adoption and implementation of open source software. Policy Research Institute members will be recruited from leading experts in government, industry and academia and challenged to address issues that impact the needs of federal, state and municipal government agencies.

Potential issues and working committees to address policy can include:

  - Federal Economic and Technical Impact Analysis of Open Source Adoption

  - State Economic and Technical Impact Analysis of Open Source Adoption

  - Municipal/Local Economic and Technical Impact Analysis of Open Source Adoption

  - Economic and Technical Impact Analysis of Open Source Adoption within Education

  - Establishment of Advanced Research Grants for Government Class OSS Programs and Applications

  - Acquisition Policy with Regards to Open Source

  - Leveraging Open Source for Domestic vs International Economic Competitiveness

  - Documentation of the Evolution of the Open Source Business Model

  - Import/Export Regulations with Regards to the OSS Global Development Network

  - Software Patents and Copyrights

The National Open Source Public Policy Institute will host seminars, symposium and conferences and produce related reports and publications to promote advanced thinking and policy issues within government, academia and the IT industry.

Core topics to be addressed include:

  - STRATEGIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT "ROADMAP" public policy development and analysis

  - BUSINESS MODEL promotion of private sector service and support business model leveraging open source software solutions

  - BUSINESS CASE STUDIES development and analysis of business case studies regarding adoption and implementation of open source strategies within public sector enterprises