See Open Malaysia’s “Denmark moves forward with open standards.” Here is the Groklaw article: “Denmark’s Resolution on Open Standards – Updated.” Here’s a little bit of the transaltion to give you an idea of what these links are about:
Motion for Parliament Resolution
Regarding Use of Open Standards for Software with Public AuthoritiesParliament directs the government to ensure that the use of information technology, including software, within public authorities is based upon open standards.
No later than January 1st, 2008, the government should introduce and maintain a set of open standards that can serve as inspiration for other public authorities. Hereafter, open standards should be a part of the basis for public authorities’ development and purchase of IT software, with the aim of furthering competition.
The government should ensure that all digital information and data that public authorities exchange with citizens, corporations and institutions are available in formats based on open standards.
Indeed, these are important news. The parliamentary resolution was decided unanimously on Friday. The passed text was slightly changed, and I made a hopefully accurate translation of it on:
http://gotze.eu/2006/06/openize-denmark-parliament-orders.html
In that post is also an update about the ODF adoption pilots a number of Danish ministries will be embarking on.