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Rebroadcast: Three podcasts on Drupal and government

Three great past podcasts this week on Drupal in government. The first (and the audio included directly here) is "Helping the Federal Government solve public sector problems with Drupal" with Acquian Bryan Hirsch, originally from May 2012. Check out the other two I have linked to for other interesting perspectives on this important subject.

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Bryan Hirsch, "Helping the Federal Government solve public sector problems with Drupal"

Bryan Hirsch comes from a background of software engineering and political activism. He originally joined Acquia as an engineer on the Drupal Gardens team thanks to his expertise and interest in software-as-a-service products. His new position at Acquia as Senior Technical Consultant Acquia Government Practice Department allows him to leverage his longstanding interest in using open source software in government to save taxpayer dollars, improve civic engagement and government services.

UK public sector open source adoption falling well behind other major economies [March 23, 2012]

Submitted on
Vrijdag, 23 maart 2012
,
Vital Online

The UK Government recently launched an open source toolkit on the Cabinet Office website, to provide a level playing field for open source solutions against traditional proprietary software vendors. But Jim Shaw, general manager for Europe at Acquia believes that cultural barriers and unfounded fears about the technology are holding departments back from making huge savings.

Cost cutting: the open source solution? [March 20, 2012]

Submitted on
dinsdag, 20 maart 2012
,
Electronics Sourcing

UK Budget Must Encourage Open Source Adoption to Cut Costs - UK public sector open source adoption falling well behind other major economies.

Bigger is not always better [Feb 22, 2012]

Submitted on
woensdag, 22 februari 2012
,
CRN

Small technology providers can and should compete more for public sector and enterprise deals, claims Jim Shaw.

Readdressing the Public Sector’s Sourcing Strategy [Dec 1, 2011]

Submitted on
donderdag, 1 december 2011
,
SourcingFocus.com

Jim Shaw, General Manager Europe at Acquia, says it's easy to see why IT managers are seeking alternative approaches to traditional procurement programs.

Gov 2.0: eficiencia y eficacia de la administración pública través de soluciones social media

La mayoría de las Administraciones Públicas y los gobiernos de países desarrollados están desarrollando iniciativas Gov2.0. Es evidente que Gov2.0 mejora la eficiencia y efectividad de la Administración Pública y de los gobiernos. Existen multitud de testimonios a nivel internacional. En España queda mucho camino por recorrer aún y conviene acelerar inversiones y la obtención de resultados.

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Government websites close [Oct 11, 2011]

Submitted on
dinsdag, 11 oktober 2011
,
Public Sector Executive

Jim Shaw, General Manager Europe at Acquia, discusses the cost-savings benefits of reducing the number of Government websites in the UK.

An Integrated Drupal/Alfresco Solution

Government sectors are being pressured to become more transparent and communicate government activity to the public. With the leading open source technologies from Drupal and Alfresco, more government agencies are building and managing web and intranet properties under the open government principle.

The power of Drupal and Alfresco has been seamlessly integrated in the Canopy solution by Appnovation. It delivers a web and intranet platform that can handle both web and document management requirements that have been placed on Federal agencies.

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