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The Spanish region of Extremadura:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuLinEx http://gobex.es/salaprensa/view/press/press/detalle.php?id=8...

(I think other Spanish regions have talked about wanting to use more open source software, but that might be LibreOffice rather than MS Office, rather than a full switch away from Windows.)

Here's another: Lausanne, in Switzerland (pilot):

http://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/Lausanne...

The JoinUp website has lots of examples of open software use in public administration settings. Try digging around in the news archive:

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/all



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