The document discusses the New York State Senate's adoption of open-source software to increase transparency, efficiency, and public participation. It notes that open-source provides cost savings, innovation, faster deployment, no vendor lock-in, ability to recruit talent, and ability to leverage tax dollars. It lists examples of open-source software used, such as Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP and Java for servers and programming, and Drupal, WordPress, SugarCRM and RedMine for applications and task tracking. It advocates opening not just code but also data, standards, content, and community.