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About Open Standards Promotion Center (OSC)

Organization

 The Open Standards Promotion Center is an organization within the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan, one of Independent Administrative Agencies 1 in Japan, and is operated under the budget of the Japanese government.

Mission

 OSC has been established for the strategic coordination and promotion of various undertakings which affect international standards in July, 2011.
 OSC promotes also undertakings of the promotion of neutral and fair procurements of IT systems of the government, promotes the improvement of the interoperability and propels the national undertakings to affect an international framework.

Activities

  1. Development of strategy for International Standards.
  2. Promotion of neutral and fair governmental procurement of IT systems.
  3. Improvement of the interoperability of IT systems.
  4. Establishment of new International framework for the assessment of software.
 
 
IPA Open Standards Promotion Center Office:
16th Floor, Bunkyo Green Court Center Office, 2-28-8 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-6591 Japan
URL:
http://www.ipa.go.jp/
Mail:
Please feel free to call at +81-3-5978-7517.

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Independent Administrative Agency : Corporate bodies established pursuant to stipulations in Article 2 Paragraph 1 of the General Law for Independent Administrative Agencies for undertaking matters deemed essential to the interest of the general public.