The Open Group’s New Government Architecture Framework Is a Draft You Cannot Circulate

The Open Group published a 259-page Open Digital Transformation Architecture for Government on 10 September 2026 — as a Snapshot, under a personal review-only license that bars redistribution and generative-AI use. What public-sector architects can and cannot do with it.

In this analysis

• It is a draft, and The Open Group says so plainly
• The license is personal, and it expires with the document
• The AI restriction is the part most teams will trip over
• Where this lands in a fragmenting public-sector market
• What to verify next

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Open Digital Transformation Architecture for Government (S260) — Vantograph