AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Will Callaghan
Will Callaghan is product lead for LocalGov Drupal and a director of the Open Digital Cooperative. He’s worked in UK public sector for 15-plus years, including roles at GOV.UK and on the Brighton & Hove, Croydon, and Essex councils.
LocalGov Drupal on AWS serves as a digital transformation resource for local governments
Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. They can address these challenges when they collaborate and share resources to accelerate digital transformation. In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal. The GOV.UK Digital Marketplace includes LocalGov Drupal on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This post explains how councils used collaboration and shared resources to develop this digital public infrastructure which has reduced the cost of building council websites by up to 80 percent and delivered better services.