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Bringing open source to the public sector

By Dylan Jay

Technical Solutions Manager

PretaWeb


Benefits of Open Source for Governments

• Efficiency • Innovation• Security• Support• Employee satisfaction• No lock ins


Collaboration means everyone benefits


“Other government agencies can now build on our experience and resources, to ensure they get a

content management system that meets their business requirements, is Web Guidelines compliant and is

a very cost effective solution”Laurence Millar, NZ Gov CIO


Plone and your IT Staff

• Easy to support and administer

• Plone runs on anything

• You won’t need new staff

• Probably need an integrator

• Learn then Contribute = Staff are happy


Plone is secure

• OSS is more secure– IE 'unsafe' for 284 days in 2006– Firefox 9 days

• Plone security is deep rooted• Users, Groups, Roles, Local Roles• Flexible authentication

– LDAP, ActiveDirectory etc.


Plone is Supported

• ~100 core developers

• Top 2% of open source projects

•Support contracts•Custom development•Training•Deployment


What is PloneGov?

PloneGov is:• an open source project that involves developing

software applications by and for public administrations.

• built on open source tools:


Participating countries

Around 55 European, North and South American and African Public organisations participate in the PloneGov project.


Applications

PloneGov has generated 14 usable tools such as: • meetings management for a decision-making entity

• modules to order administrative documents on the Internet

• business directories

• job vacancies publishers

• documentary management tools

• out of the box municipal Internet sites

• project management frameworks


Why is plonegov a success?

PloneGov.org’s success results from a close collaboration between

• Public sector (cities, regions and parliaments)• an international network of SMEs building Plone

solutions.• Government wants to engage with something

that understands them

Plone is powerful to start with


BelgiumParliamentsParlement de la Communauté française (www.pcf.be)Parlement francophone bruxellois (www.pfb.irisnet.be)

Regional governmentsRégion Wallonne (easi.wallonie.be) Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles (www.etnic.be)

Municipalities and citiesPloneGov project counts over 50 Belgian local governments eg,Administration communale d'Andenne (www.andenne.be) Administration communale de Sambreville (www.sambreville.be)

Public social servicesCentre public d'aide sociale d'Anderlues (www.cpasanderlues.be)Centre public d'aide sociale de Sambreville


Case Study - Brazilian Federal Government ChallengeIn 2002 the new Brazilian president issued a directive to

increase effective use of the IT budget. Solution• Plone selected for government applications at Federal,

State and city levels. • just launched its 50th government portal.• collaboration practices have been implemented across IT

departments resulting in more work efficiently done in the public interest.


“We were looking for an open source solution that had the

requisite functionality, an established track record and a

critical mass of developer support. Plone met all those criteria.”

Laurence Millar, NZ Gov CIO


Case Study – e-Government New Zealand

ChallengeBy 2010, the operation of government will be transformed as

government agencies and their partners use technology to provide user-centred information and services and achieve joint outcomes.

SolutionState Services Commission announced Plone will be made freely

available to central and local government agencies.

Currently used by:• www.e.govt.nz, • www.mwa.govt.nz, • www.electricitycommission.govt.nz• www.learningmedia.co.nz


Who is PretaWeb?


PretaWeb is a Plone Integration company.

We build:•CMS websites•Intranets•Extranets•Document Repositories•Enterprise 2.0 Systems•eGovernment Solutions

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