  The proliferation of Open Source Software (OSS) adoption and collaboration
has surged within industry, resulting in its ubiquitous presence in commercial
offerings and shared digital infrastructure. However, in the public sector,
both awareness and adoption of OSS is still in its infancy due to a number of
obstacles including regulatory, cultural, and capacity-related challenges. This
special issue is a call for action, highlighting the necessity for both
research and practice to narrow the gap, selectively transfer and adapt
existing knowledge, as well as generate new knowledge to enable the public
sector to fully harness the potential benefits OSS has to offer.
