By Rohan Pearce
Firm founded by the creator of the open source Drupal project will host CMS
Boston-headquartered Drupal services company Acquia will deliver the federal government’s govCMS project.
The project to create a standard content management system for federal government agencies was announced in May.
At that time, government CTO John Sheridan indicated the open source Drupal platform delivered as software-as-a-service was the preferred choice for govCMS
Tender documents issued in June confirmed that the whole-of-government content management system would be based on Drupal.
“Acquia will partner with several local businesses so that govCMS can offer a comprehensive service from website design and development through to support and managed operations,” Sheridan wrote in a blog entry today.
“I’m excited that, through govCMS, we’ll be offering a cost effective content management and website hosting solution to Commonwealth entities. govCMS will provide entities with the opportunity to create and manage websites, based on best practice and compliant with Australian Government standards, including security and accessibility.
"Removing the burden for entities of having to own and manage software or infrastructure should allow them to focus more on their core business.”
An analysis by the Department of Finance has found that between 182 and 450 websites could be transitioned to GovCMS over four years.
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