how open source is powering government

www.wired.com/2014/08/the-white-

house-dickerson/

How open source is powering government

Craig ThomlerGov 2.0 Advocate &

Managing DirectorDelib Australia

@craigthomleregovau.blogspot.comdelib.com.au

I am not an expert inopen source

BUT I am a power user of open source in projects

AND I have a dream…

Agency on an USB stick

Operating sysAccountingHuman resourcesProcurementTravel mgmtGrant mgmtMin corro

Office suiteGraphic designGISStakeholder mgmtDesktop mgmtServer mgmtWebCMSetc…

There’s a long history of open source in

government

Source: gov-oss.org

Back to mid-90s in US

Government is using a lot of open source

software – but it’s not always obvious…

My experience…

My experience…

NZ is sharing code from the UK…

And so is the US…

Source: petitions.whitehouse.gov / https://github.com/WhiteHouse/petitions

Even North Korea

Source: www.northkoreatech.org/2014/01/31/north-koreas-red-star-os-goes-mac/

Source: www.finance.gov.au/files/2012/04/AGuidetoOpenSourceSoftware.pdf

Aussie gov has started…

Aussie gov has started…

Source: govshare.gov.au

National Archives: Xena

Xena is free and open source software developed by the National Archives of Australia to aid in the long term preservation of digital records. Xena is an acronym meaning Xml Electronic Normalising for Archives.

Source: xena.sourceforge.net

ACT Gov

Source: github.com/actgov

InaSAFE

InaSAFE is free software that produces realistic natural hazard impact scenarios for better planning, preparedness and response activities. It provides a simple but rigorous way to combine data from scientists, local governments and communities to provide insights into the likely impacts of future disaster events.Codeveloped by Indonesian & Aussie governments with World Bank assistance.

Source: github.com/AIFDR/inasafe / www.inasafe.org

How close are we?

Operating sysAccountingHuman resourcesProcurementTravel mgmtGrant mgmtMin corro

Office suiteGraphic designGISStakeholder mgmtDesktop mgmtServer mgmtWebCMS (Drupal)etc…

Thanks &Questions

Craig Thomler@craigthomler

egovau.blogspot.comdelib.com.au