Now in our third year, govCMS (www.govcms.gov.au) has delivered significant success building an open source community inside government. With the release of Drupal 8.4, and the improvements it brings that better support a government publishing workflow, we’ve created a Drupal 8 version of govCMS (www.github.com/govcms/govcms8).

Based on our experience working with government to build, maintain and support a variety of websites, along with generous contributions from our community, we are in the beta stage of our release. We will be working collaboratively with the govCMS community to ensure that we provide an efficient and effective experience for agencies, developers and contributors. Touching on the major decision points, and providing insight into our process, we’ll examine the changes and new features that will continue the success of govCMS.

govCMS provides tools and hosting services for agencies across all levels of government in Australia. This talk will also cover aspects of the all-of-government community that’s formed around Drupal inside government, and the great collaboration and sharing outcomes we’ve already seen.