The document discusses how open source software is powering government and provides examples of governments using open source. It proposes having core government systems like accounting, human resources, and office suites available on a USB stick. It then gives examples of governments developing and using open source software including the UK and US sharing code, the Australian National Archives creating a digital preservation system called Xena, and the Indonesian and Australian governments co-developing a disaster impact software called InaSAFE.

2. www.wired.com/201
4/08/the-white-house-
dickerson/

3. How open source is
powering government
Craig Thomler
Gov 2.0 Advocate &
Managing Director
Delib Australia
@craigthomler
egovau.blogspot.com
delib.com.au

4. I am not an expert in
open source

5. BUT I am a power user of
open source in projects

6. AND I have a dream…

7. Agency on an USB stick
Operating sys
Accounting
Human resources
Procurement
Travel mgmt
Grant mgmt
Min corro
Office suite
Graphic design
GIS
Stakeholder mgmt
Desktop mgmt
Server mgmt
WebCMS
etc…

8. There’s a long history of
open source in
government

9. Back to mid-90s in US
Source: gov-oss.org

10. Government is using a
lot of open source
software – but it’s not
always obvious…

11. My experience…

12. My experience…

13. NZ is sharing code from the UK…

14. And so is the US…
Source: petitions.whitehouse.gov / https://github.com/WhiteHouse/petitions

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

16. Aussie gov has started…
Source: www.finance.gov.au/files/2012/04/AGuidetoOpenSourceSoftware.pdf

17. Aussie gov has started…
Source: govshare.gov.au

18. 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

19. ACT Gov
Source: github.com/actgov

20. 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

21. How close are we?
Operating sys
Accounting
Human resources
Procurement
Travel mgmt
Grant mgmt
Min corro
Office suite
Graphic design
GIS
Stakeholder mgmt
Desktop mgmt
Server mgmt
WebCMS (Drupal)
etc…

23. Thanks &
Questions
Craig Thomler
@craigthomler
egovau.blogspot.com
delib.com.au