The 2023 FSF Free Software Awards

And the folk from code.gouv.fr too. I've spent many hours talking with them this past year to get their advice for how other countries can copy their work.

The French government serves 68 million people and that team has got the government developing free software, using it, publishing catalogues that can be re-used by other countries, providing support, and they contribute to the BlueHats movement that organises users groups so that different administrations can discuss the use of free software.

The catalogues ( https://code.gouv.fr/sill ) are excellent because when you look at a software package it tells you who else is using it, so you can ask for advice or think about co-financing development of a feature, etc. (a government account is needed to see that part of the data)