Welcome to the web page of the AUUG Open Computing in Government (OCG)
board subcommittee. This page provides resource material for those interested
in encouraging Open Computing in Government and information about the
operations of the OCG committee.
To accelerate the adoption of Open Computing within all areas of the Australian Government sector.
We define an Open Computing system as a system of interacting components (software, hardware and human) with interface specifications that are fully defined, publicly available and maintained according to industry consensus. Some examples of Open Computing components are the UNIX(R), Linux and BSD operating systems, the Apache web server and standards based Internet networking.
To discuss Open Computing in Government issues in a public forum please use the AUUG "Talk" mailing list. Committee members regularly read and contribute to the "Talk" list.
The current committee members are listed below. If you would like to provide input privately or have questions or suggestions for the committee please contact any member of the committee directly, preferably via email, at the addresses shown below.
The OCG committee is a subcommittee of the AUUG Inc Board. Most members of the committee are drawn from the AUUG Board with rare exceptions drawn from the AUUG membership (identified with an asterisk (*) below). The current committee, with contact details and employer affiliations is listed below.
Chairman - Gordon Hubbard (Custom Technology Australia Pty Ltd) <Gordon.Hubbard@auug.org.au>
Deputy Chair - Greg Lehey (LEMIS (SA) Pty Ltd) <Greg.Lehey@auug.org.au>
Secretary - David Purdue (Sun Microsystems Australia Pty Ltd) <David.Purdue@auug.org.au>
Member - Grant Allen (TOWER Software) <Grant.Allen@auug.org.au>
Member - Andrew McRae* (NetDevices Inc.) <amcrae@auug.org.au>
Australian Open Computing Directory |
Find Australian vendors that support Open Computing including: Linux, BSD, Unix, Apache and OpenOffice.org. |
Coming Events |
18 - 19 April 2005 - Open Computing in Government 2005 - Future-proofing Government Computing: Open Data, Formats and Standards - CanberraManning Clark Centre at The Australian National University, Canberra The Second Australian Open Computing in Government Conference. Titled "Future-proofing Government Computing: Open Data, Formats and Standards". Participants will come from Government and the public sector, the academic sector, and local, national and international organizations. the OCG2005 page. |
12-14 October 2005 - AUUG 2005: The Conference for Unix, Linux and Open Source Professionals - SydneyVenue TBA (Sydney) Australia's premier event on UNIXTM and related systems, including Linux and BSD. Including an "Open Computing in Government" stream. For more information visit the AUUG2005 page. |
Past Events |
1-3 September 2004 - AUUG 2004 Conference: Who Are You? - MelbourneDuxton Hotel, Flinders St, Melbourne Australia's premier event on UNIXTM and related systems, including Linux and BSD. Including an "Open Computing for Government" stream. For more information visit the AUUG2004 page. |
12 - 13 January 2004 - Linux and Open Source in Government 2004 - The Challenges - AdelaideThe University Of Adelaide The first annual Australian conference on Linux and Open Source in Government. Titled "The Challenges", the conference focused on best practices, raised awareness and shared experiences amongst Policy Makers and IT officials. For more information visit the OCG2004 page. |
3-5 September 2003 - AUUG 2003 Conference: Open Standards, Open Source, Open Computing - SydneyDuxton Hotel, Milsons Point (Sydney) Australia's premier event on UNIXTM and related systems, including Linux and BSD. Launching an "Open Computing for Government" stream at AUUG2003. For more information visit the AUUG2003 page. |
25 June 2003 - Open Source: Where Should Labor Stand? - SydneyNSW Parliament House Theatrette, Macquarie Street, Sydney. A public forum presented by the ALP IT and Communications Committee and hosted by the NSW Minister for IT, Hon. John Della Bosca. AUUG was one of seven bodies invited to present a viewpoint. The slides from AUUG's presentation are here as a Star Office presentation or a PDF document. |
1 March 2003 - Unix and Open Source in Government Technical Symposium - CanberraCSIT Building, ANU, Canberra. A technical symposium addressing past, current and future trends in the use of Unix and Open Source software in Government organised by CAUUG (Canberra AUUG Chapter). For more information visit the Symposium page. The slides from AUUG's presentation are here as a Star Office presentation or a PDF document. |
18 February 2003 - Open Source Software and the Role of Linux in the Public Sector - CanberraThe National Press Club, Canberra. The National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) (http://www.noie.gov.au/) is Australia's peak Federal Government agency for information economy issues. NOIE has recognized that Open Source Software, including Linux, Apache and many of the technologies and platforms that members of AUUG concern themselves with on a daily basis, are an area of growing interest within Government agencies. Thus NOIE has invited AUUG to present at the forthcoming seminar on Open Source Software and the Role of Linux in the Public Sector for departmental Chief Information Officer's (CIO's), Chief Technology Officer's (CTO's) and invited guests. Read more about the seminar and AUUG's involvement. Read the AUUG presentation in PDF or Microsoft PowerPoint formats. We were required to submit our presentation in PowerPoint although it was created and presented using OpenOffice.org. This document is also available on the NOIE web site, and the other presentations are available here |
Reference Web Sites |
Government
Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)
New South Wales Office of Information Technology (OIT)
The Office of the e-Envoy: Open Source Software use in UK government
Statskontoret - The Swedish Agency for Public Management
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Non Government Organisations
Open Source Initiative (OSI)
Free Software Foundation (FSF) & GNU Project
The Center of Open Source & Government
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Articles |
Swedish study says TCO for open source software is lower - The Age - 11/3/03
States' open source punt - AustralianIT - 11/3/03
Open Source gets a hearing in Canberra - The Age - 19/2/03
Open IT: Govt to rewrite source code in Linux - The Economic Times -
24/10/02
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Case Studies |
We are preparing case studies highlighting the Australian experience in Open Computing in Government. Please forward additional suggestions for case studies to the AUUG-OCG Chairman. |