The document discusses open source software in government. It begins with an agenda for a presentation on Acquia and OpenGov, two companies that provide open source solutions. It then shares two stories - one about the early development of the open web and another about how HealthCare.gov was fixed using modern software practices. The presentation argues that open source and open standards are essential for innovation, allow infrastructure to be shared, and drive down costs. It provides examples of government agencies using open source successfully and addresses common myths about open source software. The presentation concludes by emphasizing that the modern web runs on open source and it is riskier to rely solely on proprietary technologies.

1. Open Source in Government
⦿
California Technology Forum 2016
Sacramento, CA
August 11, 2016

2. Agenda
● Organization Overview
○ Acquia
○ OpenGov
● First, two stories…
● The case for Open Source
● Q&A

3. Acquia

4. Acquia and Drupal

5. Organizations using Drupal

6. OpenGov Executive Summary
INNOVATION
Building industry’s first
smart, collaborative,
comparative SaaS
platform for the 21st
Century Government
VISION
Transforming the way the
world analyzes, shares,
compares, and allocates
public money
GOVERNMENT FOCUS
Experienced team
comprised of visionaries
and builders of
industry-transforming,
multi-billion dollar
companies
MARKET LEADERSHIP
Building the world’s
largest network of cities,
counties, special districts,
school districts, and
state/federal agencies

7. Building a Network for the 21st
Century Government
48
STATES
1100+
GOVERNMENTS
$500B+
EXPENDITURES ANALYZED
STATE OF
OHIO
CITY OF
MCKINNEY
CITY OF
FT LAUDERDALE
MONTEREY
SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA

8. Out-Of-The-Box Applications
The OpenGov Platform
OPENGOV
TRANSPARENCY™
Easy citizen
engagement
OPENGOV DATA PLATFORM™
CLOUD-BASED FINANCIAL & PERFORMANCE DATA REPOSITORY | OPEN DATA ARCHITECTURE | CENSUS DATA | NETWORK
OPENGOV
INTELLIGENCE™
Management reporting,
dashboards,
benchmarking, and
financial projections
OPENGOV
OPEN DATA™
SOLUTIONS
Developer platform for
custom portals

9. First, two stories...

10. Story 1
A Story about the Early Web

12. - PC World 2007

13. OVER $300 MILLION. :) AT ONE POINT,
50% OF THE CD’S PRODUCED
WORLDWIDE HAD AN AOL LOGO ON IT.
Jan Brandt
AOL Head of Marketing
HOW MUCH DID AOL SPEND?

19. and it did get a lot of Americans online! (27 million at its peak)

20. with BILLIONS of users and a Vibrant Ecosystem

21. INNOVATION
image - DrAfter123
OPEN
WEB

23. Story 2
A Story about
Software Development
In Government

24. Oct 1, 2013 - HealthCare.gov Launched
and crashed

25. FROM
$200M to build,
$70M/yr to maintain
TO
$4M to build,
$4M/yr to maintain
Story behind how HealthCare.gov was fixed
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/healthcare-gov-revamp
p/

26. Why stop at HealthCare.gov?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/08/11/white-house-launches-
u-s-digital-service-with-healthcare-gov-fixer-at-the-helm/
p/

27. The United States Digital Service is a startup at the White House that pairs
the country’s top technology talent with the best public servants, to improve
the usefulness and reliability of the country’s most important digital services.

31. Story take-aways
Story 1: The Story of the Early Web
● What if we never got the Open Web?
● Would companies like Google, Amazon,
Salesforce, etc. been possible?
● The pervasive digital infrastructure the
Modern Web is built on would not have
been possible otherwise.
OPEN STANDARDS MATTERS
Story 2: The Story of Healthcare.gov
● “Waterfall”, siloed development doesn’t work
● Govt shouldn’t buy digital goods using the
same process it uses to buy physical goods
● Government needs to adopt the same
modern software development practices
Silicon Valley uses
OPEN SOURCE MATTERS

32. Open Source in Government
Successes

33. City of Boston

34. City of LA - State of Georgia

35. Data.gov

36. Alleghenney
County, PA

37. The US Government now has an Open Source policy!

38. Why Open Standards/Open Source Matters
Why?
● It’s essential to how Silicon Valley
builds modern software
● It allows developers to treat shared
components as “infrastructure”
● “Standing on the shoulders of the
crowd”
● It’s Agile
● It drives down Cost
● It’s enables an “Innovation Ecosystem”
Myths about Open Source:
● It’s not sustainable/profitable
● I’ll need to have IT staff to maintain it
● It increases my Total Cost of
Ownership
● It’s not compatible with security
requirements
● It’s not Enterprise-Ready
● It’s not IT-Friendly
● It cannot coexist with commercial,
proprietary software

39. August 11, 2016 Survey
Amazon Web Services Stats
http://thecloudmarket.com/
Global Website Survey
http://w3techs.com/
The Modern Web runs on Open Source!
It’s actually riskier to run on proprietary tech

40. https://18f.gsa.gov/2016/08/08/facts-about-
publishing-open-source-code-in-governmen
t/
FAQ about Open
Source in Government

41. Questions?

42. THANK YOU! Joel Natividad
Director of Open Data
@jqnatividad ⦿ opengov.com
Joseph Kroeger
Vice President, State & Local
joe.kroger@acquia.com