The document discusses how open source Drupal can enable successful digital government by facilitating collaboration, transparency, participation, and innovation. It provides examples of how Drupal has delivered these qualities on government websites and applications. The presentation argues that open source options like Drupal give governments more control over their technology compared to proprietary software.

1. Code for a better world:
Open Source Drupal
+ Government
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire - @horncologne
Open Source Evangelist, Acquia
DrupalGov Canberra 2014
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3. The fundamental Drupal
design decision: empowerment
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4. Angie “Webchick” Byron
Drupal core committer
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5. We the People
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6. We the People
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7. Who are you?
Why are you here?
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8. Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
Open Source Evangelist –
Acquia
acquia.com/podcasts
acquia.com/jams-drupal-camp
@horncologne
jam@acquia.com
Monday, 25 August 14

9. What is successful
digital government?
Definition of “success”
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10. Successful digital government:
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
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11. (Successful business)
1. Innovation
2. Cost Savings
3. Efficiency
4. Risk Mitigation
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12. Open Source Drupal Delivers:
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
But what is open source? ...
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13. Open Source
= Four Freedoms
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
Study it: understand what you are using
Modify it: fix it, make it better
Share it: redistribute, sell, give back
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14. "In the world of computer software, open source
communi t ies develop and improve ideas
organically, based on concepts and practices that
work. Driven by innovation contributed by
individuals, open source simply means that a
system is available to any who wish to contribute.
It provides the fastest possible rate of
improvement for ideas."
One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic.
- Lawrence Lessig, 2012
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15. Proprietary
IT Costs
Personnel
Hosting
Bandwidth
Design
(Recurring) Licensing fees
Vendor lock-in
Data lock-in (buy it back?)
Vendor roadmap
Vendor release cycle
When it happens
Open Source
IT Costs
Personnel
Hosting
Bandwidth
Design
No licensing fees
Invest in your team
Invest what/when you need
1000s of vendors
You own your data
Your roadmap
When you need it
When you need it
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16. What is ?
World’s largest open source platform
Market Presence 1,500,000+ sites
Global Adoption 228 countries
Extensive Capabilities 20,000+ modules
Broad Community 1,000,000+ on d.o
Active Development 20,000+ developers
Expert Drupal Services 1000s of companies
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17. Drupal delivers all this?
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
Let’s see ...
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18. Drupal delivers collaboration
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
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19. alert.mta.info
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20. Saïd Business School
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21. Goto.sbs.ox.ac.uk
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22. Drupal delivers transparency
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
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23. Transparency ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralasian/5329431523/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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24. Quality is a common outcome
of transparency.
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25. Security is a common outcome
of transparency.
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26. Is Open Source Secure?
“Continuous and broad peer review,
enabled by publicly available source code,
supports [our] software reliability
and security efforts”
David M. Wennergren, Department of Defense CIO
Clarifying Guidance Regarding Open Source Software
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27. Is Open Source Secure?
“One interviewee from a global pharmaceutical
organization believed that his open source
WCM solutions were more secure than
proprietary ones … Many also feel that the
open code base is a particular advantage, as it
allows organizations to explore potential
security vulnerabilities.”
- Forrester Research, October 2012
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28. Auditing is only possible
through transparency.
(system of record, compliance, etc.)
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29. itdashboard.gov
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31. The$Drupal$Distro$for$
Data$Management$
Datasets:'are'collec,ons'of'
resources'with'some'
descrip,ve'metadata.'
'
Resources:'files'(o;en'csv'or'
other'tabular'data)'
'
Organiza,ons:'create'a'
dataset'and'upload'resources.'
'
Data'consumers:'browse'
datasets,'see'visualiza,ons'of'
resources,'download,'use'API'
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32. The$Drupal$Distro$for$
Data$Management$
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33. Drupal delivers participation
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
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34. Peer to Patent
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35. Help4OK
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36. We the People
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37. The$Drupal$Distro$for$
Data$Management$
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38. Drupal delivers innovation
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
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39. “Users generally have a much
more accurate and detailed
model of their needs than
manufacturers have ...”
Eric von Hipple, Democratizing Innovation
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40. More than 77 mobile apps built
on the NY MTA real-time data
platform powered by Drupal
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41. Open Source software
supported by a large, active
community keeps you on the
cutting edge of innovation.
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42. Open Source Delivers:
1. Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Participation
4. Innovation
∴ Open Source Drupal
== Successful Digital Government
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43. “Proprietary or open
source doesn’t
matter.”
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44. “100 money ...”
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45. Open source licenses
put me in control. Yours?
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46. Thank you! Questions?
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
Open Source Evangelist –
Acquia
acquia.com/podcasts
acquia.com/jams-drupal-camp
@horncologne
jam@acquia.com
Monday, 25 August 14

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