Governments embracing use of Drupal

The public sector's global use of open source technology is growing. Famed tech speaker Clay Shirky has been filmed for a TED talk saying that Germany is now publishing its laws on the GitHub online open source hosting repository and that the US state of Utah is also making its legislation available in Github so that individuals can see how the laws are being amended over time.

So as we see positive signs here in the UK that the public sector is beginning to embrace open source, where should we look to for pointers? The choice of the Drupal Content Management System (CMS), an open source solution, as the platform for the Cabinet Office and the London.gov.uk site is a case in point, as is the Department of Health's use of open source to work with EU partners.

Awareness is also growing across the wider public sector about the business advantages of open source technology...