Barbara Held presently works as Detached National Expert at the European Commission's Programme for "Interoperable Delivery of pan-European eGovernment Services (IDABC)". She is responsible for the IDABC projects promoting on Open Source Software (OSS) in public administration - including a project for a European OSS Repository. She also coordinates the programme's activities on Open Document Exchange Formats. Being a Desk Officer at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior in Berlin, Barbara Held formerly served at the German Government's Coordination and Advisory Board for IT in the Administration (KBSt), responsible for software strategy and OSS policy.