1. Technical Solutions Manager
Bringing open source to the public sector
By Dylan Jay
Technical Solutions Manager
PretaWeb

2. Benefits of Open Source for Governments
Efficiency
Innovation
Security
Support
Employee satisfaction
No lock ins

3. Collaboration means everyone benefits

4. “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

5. 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
development of software corresponds to specific needs, is never undertaken repeatedly,
public administrations become more efficient, while also reducing costs
Government IT staff are more satisfied and motivated as their skills are extended.

6. 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.

7. Plone is Supported Support contracts ~100 core developers
Custom development
Training
Deployment
~100 core developers
Top 2% of open source projects

8. What is PloneGov? PloneGov is:
an open source project that involves developing software applications by and for public administrations.
built on open source tools:

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

10. 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

12. 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

14. Belgium Parliaments Parlement de la Communauté française (www.pcf.be)
Parlement francophone bruxellois (
Regional governments
Région Wallonne (easi.wallonie.be)
Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles (
Municipalities and cities PloneGov project counts over 50 Belgian local governments eg,
Administration communale d'Andenne (
Administration communale de Sambreville (
Public social services
Centre public d'aide sociale d'Anderlues ( Centre public d'aide sociale de Sambreville

15. Visit: www.pretaweb.com

16. Case Study - Brazilian Federal Government
Challenge
In 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.

18. “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

19. Case Study – e-Government New Zealand
Challenge
By 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.
Solution
State Services Commission announced Plone will be made freely available to central and local government agencies.
Currently used by:

20. 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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