> Having open source output is a great thing for any organization.  It can be 
> difficult to quantify
>  in a more tangible form when you are facing legislators and ranking agency 
> officials who are 
> considering your budget.  Badgeware would conceptually be a way for agency 
> middle 
> management to try to appease the political layer to better show what the 
> results of all the 
> spending happen to be.  I'm not saying it is a good idea but it is a normal 
> bureaucratic response.

Thanks Stephen. Your interpretation and explanation is a pretty accurate 
re-statement of my case. 

>  CSIRO is a government agency that does good things.  

Thanks. 

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