Malaysian Government launches new initiatives for increased Open Source
and OpenOffice.org deployment in public sector and schools
MAMPU Press Release
Malaysian Government launches new initiatives for increased Open Source
and OpenOffice.org deployment in public sector and schools
Chief Minister of Terengganu launches state wide pilot of OpenOffice.org
deployment in schools in conjuction with OSS Accelerated Adoption
Seminars. Awards given for best case studies of successful government
Open Source projects.
Kuala Terengganu, MALAYSIA. (May 27th 2008) -- Coinciding with the
fourth regional OSS Accelerated Adoption Seminar this year, Malaysian
Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), the
Ministry of Education and the State Government of Terengganu are
launching initiatives for increased adoption of Open Source Software in
government and schools.
The OSS Accelerated Adoption Seminars is a national initiative to
promote increased awareness and adoption of OSS by government agencies.
To encourage knowledge sharing of successful deployments, MAMPU has been
providing awards to the best case studies that have been shared from
each region. They are provided for categories of IT infrastructure,
business applications and desktop applications. To date they have
highlighted successful implementations such as the Meterology Department
regional network, the desktop implementation for Melaka and statewide
deployment of OpenOffice.org in Kedah. For the East Coast states over a
dozen case studies have shown successful Open Source software
implementations of e-government applications from Pahang and Terengganu.
OpenOffice.org in Schools Pilot lauched today by the Chief Minister of
Terengganu supports the increased adoption of OSS and deployment for the
upcoming generation of Malaysians. OpenOffie.org is an Open Source
software alternative for office productivity software. The pilot phase
in the state involves deployment to over 100 schools since January 2008.
From January 2009, all 467 schools will start using OpenOffice.org in
the state. It is planned that this will be expanded nationally to over
300,000 PCs in schools. The savings in licensing costs, support for open
standards and platform neutrality and increased security from threat of
document viruses of this software will provide better delivery of
education services by students and teachers.
Seminars highlight accelerated adoption of OSS in public sector
The proven success of Phase I of the governments' Open Source Master
Plan has shown that the the adoption of OSS in the government sector in
several pilot projects are cost effective and provide better service
delivery.
Now in Phase II, the OSS Accelerated Adoption Seminars are an initiative
of MAMPU to promote and highlight increased adoption of OSS throughout
the public sector. This seminar with over 500 attendees, the final of
the year for regional seminars is held in Kuala Terengganu for the
states of Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu. To date over 281 agencies
have already adopted OSS for the provision of IT services. This
represents a ten-fold increase since original launch of the Master Plan
in 2003.
Adoption of the open source office suite, OpenOffice.org for state
government agencies is now official in the states of Melaka, Kedah,
Pahang and Sabah. States like Melaka and Kedah have been deploying
OpenOffice.org and OSS since 2003. Most recently Pahang State Government
has issued a circular on the states intention for all state agencies to
migrate to Openoffice.org. Combined they have saved millions in ringgit
for licensing fees, expenditure now spent locally to provide better
public services in their respective states.
In conjunction with the seminars, awards are given to recognise the best
case studies of OSS implementations for each region. Highlights for the
East Coast include Terengganu State Government Data Centre and
e-Government projects all fully utilising open source software. The
Terengganu State government has also setup a community training centre
that has trained over 20,000 state citizens with IT skills using open
source software on 585 Linux desktops.
In Pahang, an online information system for Vetrinary Services developed
locally using OSS software has won national awards for innovation. A
common finding for the case studies was increased security as OSS
deployments of OpenOffice.org and Desktops were not affected by viruses.
The case studies also highlighted that staff were able to build their
skills and knowledge due to the wealth of free information and tutorials
associated with the OSS technologies available on the Internet.
Furthermore with OSS, these initiatives can be deployed and developed
and shared with other agencies without expensive licensing costs further
providing avenues for cost savings, skills and knowledge sharing
nationally within the public sector.
MOE launches pilot project of OpenOffice.org deployment in schools
The Ministry of Education with the support of MAMPU and the state
government of Terengganu, also launched the pilot project for the
deployment of OpenOffice.org in schools. The pilot starts with the
deployment of OpenOffice.org in over 100 schools in the State of
Terengganu. These include both urban and rural schools.
To date most school administrators and staff in the state have already
been trained on the use of OpenOffice.org. Over the next 2 years, the
Ministry of Education plans to build on this initiative and deploy
OpenOffice.org in over 300,000 PCs in schools throughout the country.
The project is being implemented with the support of the Terenganu State
Education Department with commitment and financial support from the
State Government of Terengganu through the Implementation Committee
chaired by B. En. Ahmad Razif bin Abdul Rahman the director for the
Science, Technology and Human Resources Committee for the State of
Terengganu. The implementaiton of this project hopes to achieve
increased knowledge sharing and innovation for computer users with the
optimum license and minimal cost.
About OSCC, MAMPU
Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit
MAMPU's Open Source Competency Centre is first and single point of
reference for support and guidance in the implementation of Open Source
Software in the Public Sector. OSS Initiative is a cabinet decision. The
Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit,
(MAMPU) was directed to study the feasibility of implementing OSS in the
Malaysian Government Agencies.
In response to the directive, MAMPU has prepared a Memorandum entitled
"Proposal on OSS Implementation in the Public Sector of Malaysia". The
proposal recommendations were tabled by MAMPU and endorsed by the
Malaysian Government on 19 June 2002. OSS implementation in the Public
Sector will be carried out concurrently with the building of necessary
infrastructure such as technical support and human resource reskilling
and development. However, changes will be introduced in stages to ensure
that there is least disruption to the services offered by the Public
Sector and that change is managed well.
About Ministry of Education
The Malaysian Ministry of Education objective is to develop a
world-class quality education system which will realise the full
potential of the individual and fulfill the aspiration of the Malaysian
nation. It oversees all primary and high school education in Malaysia.
http://www.moe.gov.my/tayang.php?laman=utama&unit=utama&bhs=en
About Terengganu State Government
The Terengganu State Government is comprised of the Chief Minister and
elected State Assembly which governs the state of Terengganu.
Terengganu is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia.
The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Iman ("Abode of
Faith"). The coastal city of Kuala Terengganu which stands at the mouth
of the broad Terengganu River is both the state and royal capital as
well as the largest city in Terengganu.
About OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org provides everything most people need in an office
productivity suite. It is stable, reliable, and robust, built up over
twenty years' development. It is actively developed, with several
releases every year. The main components of the OpenOffice.org Suite are
the Writer wordprocessor; the Calc spreadsheet; Impress for
presentations; Draw for graphics; and the Base database.
OpenOffice.org uses the OpenDocument Format OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC
26300) as well as supporting legacy file formats such as Microsoft
Office, and is available on major computing platforms in over 80
languages. OpenOffice.org software is provided under the GNU Lesser
General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be used free of charge for any
purpose, private or commercial.
http://marketing.openoffice.org/press_kit.html
Additional Resources
Open Source Case Study Awards
http://www.oscc.org.my/content/view/194/128/
Open Source Case Studies on OSCC Knowledge Bank
http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/case-studies/malaysian-case-studies
Malaysian OpenOffice.org adoption wiki
http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/solution-areas/desktop/OpenOffice.org/openoffice-adoption
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