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Open Source Software and the Government’s ICT Strategy 2 nd June 2014

Open Source Software and the Government’s ICT Strategy 2 nd June 2014. Need for Government ICT Strategy. ICT prior to last election... Big, complicated and risky IT projects, dominated by a few suppliers. Too much bespoke development, and wasteful duplication of effort.

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Open Source Software and the Government’s ICT Strategy 2 nd June 2014

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  1. Open Source Software and the Government’s ICT Strategy2nd June 2014

  2. Need for Government ICT Strategy • ICT prior to last election... • Big, complicated and risky IT projects, dominated by a few suppliers. • Too much bespoke development, and wasteful duplication of effort. • Systems not interoperable or integrated. • Long delivery timescales, so long that responsibilities and organisation changed before implementation. • Published pan-Government strategy March 2011

  3. Aims of Government ICT Strategy • Reduce waste • use more open and standardised and hence more competitive solutions • Common infrastructure and procurement • Drive for public services to be delivered digitally. • Pan-government governance.

  4. How this is impacting the Public Sector • Regional PSN Networks (Local Gov/Blue light) • (e.g. Staffs, West Mids) • Migration of key government services • JANET 6 (Education) • N4 (Health) • Replacement of ASPIRE contract (HMRC) • Replacement of Grapevine contract (MOD)

  5. Reducing Waste • Avoid commissioning bespoke projects, and use open source software where possible. • Develop open source skills in-house, rather than be dependent upon big companies. • Drive towards smaller, more agile suppliers to create a more competitive marketplace.

  6. Common ICT Infrastructure • Mandate open platforms • Adopt a flexible and standardised approach, examples • PSN • G-Cloud • Ensure interoperability between platforms. • Enable better resource consolidation.

  7. Open Source Examples • Linux (Operating System) • Moodle and Mahara (LMS and e-portfolio) • Open Office • Wordpress (web authoring) • Asterisk (VoIP/SIP) • Sugar CRM • Shibboleth (Federated Access Management)

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