by Erico Andrei for EuroPython 2012
Over the last decade Brazilian government embraced open source and Python for its online initiatives, but being a very decentralized organization with loose guidelines regarding technology definition, it is an example of how collaboration happens despite barriers lack of coordination.
This talk will cover major success cases like:
Brasil.gov.br, the main hub for the Brazilian e-gov initiative. Built with Plone CMS and maintained by a team of over 70 people – journalists, developers, designers and integrators.
Interlegis program, an initiative to provide system automation, using Django, Zope and Plone, to more than 200 legislative houses through the country.
Electoral Justice with an unified web presence approach for all 28 instances.
Also this talk will explain how organizations within the government collaborate with each using their lower decks.
