This "Policy Tracker" page has been designed to illustrate various software "preference" (or other) policies of note across the globe, as well as to provide for some useful facts on the underlying models making up the software ecosystem.

ICT Governance in the European Union:

• White Paper- Interoperability and Open Standards for eGovernment Services
• New EU Public Procurement Directives - Maintaining Neutrality in Software Procurement
  • Presentation - A Horizontal View on eProcurement: Interoperability and Open Standards
  • Presentation - The New EU Directives for Public Procurement
• European Interoperability Framework - ICT Recommendations

U.S. federal agency software acquisition policy:

• OMB memo outlining technology neutral, software acquisition policies for U.S. agencies

Software industry and economic growth in Latin America:

• Considerations on Interoperability and the Public Procurement of Software in Latin America
• The Critical Role of the Software Industry in Latin America: A Summary of Studies Conducted in Eight Latin American Markets

• Argentina
• Chile
• Columbia
• Costa Rica
• Mexico
• Peru
• Venezuela

Three different "value for money" policies/models for software procurements:

• Denmark
• New Zealand
• United Kingdom