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Austria's armed forces have migrated all 16,000 workstations from Microsoft Office to open-source LibreOffice, prioritizing digital sovereignty over cost savings. This strategic shift reflects growing European concerns about foreign tech dependencies following geopolitical tensions and Microsoft's recent suspension of services in Israel. The military collaborated directly with LibreOffice developers to enhance the software, contributing features back to the global community.

Cook County's Assessor Office has publicly released its property valuation models and tax simulation tools on GitHub, offering unprecedented transparency into how 1.8 million properties are assessed. The open-source initiative includes machine learning systems for residential/condo valuations and an R package for simulating tax bills—a radical shift toward accountability in government tech.