Drupal for State and Federal Agencies / Government
As state governments and federal agencies turn to Drupal as a content backbone, this working group is to discuss best practices, collaborative development and shared resources.
Particularly beneficial would be information on technical requirements for federal government applications including credential management, security, and permissions, and if there are gaps in current Drupal modules to address common technical requirements.
List of Drupal sites in Government (State and Federal)
Please post with the following format so others can import into a spreadsheet when needed.
Reminder: Northern Virginia Drupal November Meetup Tomorrow night
We will talk about URL shortener, which was recently put to great use on USA.gov.
We'll also have time to talk about anything you are working on, so please bring questions or projects to share.
See you tomorrow night. RSVP or just show up!
Where:
Irelands Four Courts
2051 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
When:
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Northern Virginia Drupal November Meetup
We will talk about URL shortener, which was recently put to great use on USA.gov.
We'll also have time to talk about anything you are working on, so please bring questions or projects to share.
See you next week. RSVP or just show up!
Where:
Irelands Four Courts
2051 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
When:
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Drupal web hosting recommendations
Hi,
I'm looking for commercial hosting options for a Drupal site, and would appreciate some guidance on how much server power I might need. My experience so far is in developing relatively low-traffic sites. I'm also not an expert by any means in Linux server admin.
The US Federal Labor Relations Authority is now in Drupal
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (www.FLRA.gov) launched 1 Oct 2009. It’s a nice looking site and it looks like they are using standard modules. The “decisions” search is nicely done. GovExec.com wrote a nice article about the site as well.
There is a great article about their site on the Government Executive Blog here
Good job FLRA!
From WAMP to web server
Sorry I couldn't join everyone tonight for the Madison group.
I'm building a site in Drupal and started on my local computer with WAMP Server. Now I need to move things to a real web server, and I don't want to start over from scratch.
Any suggestions on the best way to do this? I've got the Using Drupal book, but didn't find anything in there about it.
Thanks,
Reid Magney
Wisconsin Government Accountability Board
gab.wi.gov (not Drupal yet, but coming soon)
GOSCON Drupal booth needs volunteers
GOSCON DC is a special production of the Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) designed to meet the needs of senior IT executives of federal agencies and regional state and local government.
Now more than ever governments across the world are turning to open source software (OSS) as it impacts the way they procure, resource, collaborate, develop and rapidly deploy information technology to support of their organization's mission and goals.
URL shorterners and the US government
Recently, I was able to do a temporary detail to GSA from my agency (Veterans Affairs). My detail involved the creation of a url shortener (it's in a Beta test now, but you can see it at http://go.usa.gov).
I had amazing help from friends in the Drupal community, especially my friend SeanR.
However, there was also a lot of discussion about the usual sorts of things:
· Drupal isn’t secure,
· it’s gonna crash our system,
· can’t be done,
· it’s not safe for government,
· too vulnerable to cross site scripting,
Last chance for workflow support in D7 Core
While the more expansive workflow features that were proposed did not make it in time for code freeze, we still have an opportunity during the current "code slush" period to make a few key alterations to the underlying Drupal database. This will enable further development in Contrib of comprehensive workflow and content moderation modules, with an eye towards D8. However, time is running out. After October 15, all hope is lost.
Drupal/PHP senior and mid-level developers | A major federal agency
A major federal agency is redesigning its public facing website using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql and PHP) stack based open source technologies and web 2.0 features. The goal is for the new site to push the new administrations and the department’s policies, messages and information to various stakeholders. The web 2.0 features such as bulletin boards, blogs and wikis will be used to provide a rich medium for the stakeholders to interact with the department.
Sr. Web Developer
Anyone Headed to GOV 2.0 Conference?
Hey DC Drupalers,
I am headed down to the Gov 2.0 conference from Philly.
Any other Drupalers from the area going? It would be cool to meetup or have a drupal BOF. Hit me up or reply to this thread if you will be there!
best,
-Aaron
Drupal Solution Architect | A Federal Agency
Project
A major federal agency is redesigning its public facing website using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql and PHP) stack based open source technologies and web 2.0 features. The goal is for the new site to push the new administrations and the department’s policies, messages and information to various stakeholders. The web 2.0 features such as bulletin boards, blogs and wikis will be used to provide a rich medium for the stakeholders to interact with the department.
Responsibilities:
Drupal Training Santa Barbara
Three Days of Drupal Training in Santa Barbara Starting at $199!
October 6: Drupal Basics is a one day training session for new users of open source software Drupal. Participants will learn to install and configure Drupal software, community contributed modules, and Drupal themes. ($199)
Drupal in Government (In Canada!)
Glad to see that there is now a Drupal Group for National/Federal & State/Province Drupal installs as well as the previous one for Local Governments. I had tried to set up a general Government Group, but for some reason at the time it was rejected.
August Northern Virginia Drupal Meetup - featuring Chuck D'Antonio from Acquia
Come join us for a presentation and discussion of Solr. We will talk about why its better than core Drupal search, how it improves the user experience and see it in action.
And, we're very excited that Chuck D'Antonio, Acquia's Senior Director of Professional Services will discuss Acquia Search.
Location:
RHODESIDE GRILL - downstairs
1836 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 243-0145
Opportunity for better workflow/content moderation support in Core
The upcoming Drupal 7 update brings with it a great opportunity to provide better support in Core for advanced workflows with content moderation, but the code freeze is fast approaching and this opportunity may pass us by. I encourage all developers to check out Support Revisions in Different States in the Drupal issue queue and lend a hand.
Why you should care?
Software Engineer [PHP Drupal] | Helios Solution
(Minimum Exp required 1 + years)
Coding for high-availability Drupal sites, preferably on MySQL
Should have good knowledge of core PHP & Drupal
CapitolCamp NY
My coworkers, friends and I are planning an inaugural Barcamp for State Government and technology. This is the first step in changing how NY state provides constituent services. I hope you can join in on this historic event!
Next Friday is CapitolCamp NY (June 5th 2009) at the New York State Capitol. < http://capitolcamp.org >
New York State Senate
Just want to let folks know about the launch of the Drupal site for the New York State Senate last week! Make sure to read the case study when you get a chance...
Introductions and tags
Holla! I'm really excited and somewhat perplexed that no Drupalista started a group to focus on Drupal for State and Federal agencies / Government. Now that this group has been approved, I'm super excited to meet fellow Drup's who are deploying Drupal at the State and Federal level!
First and foremost, if you are looking to deploy Drupal at a local / municipal level, you should check out < http://groups.drupal.org/local-government >.
Otherwise, let me provide a bit of background on why I decided to form this group. After three years, I once again find myself at the New York State Senate. Unlike last time, I now work for the Senate Majority Leader Malcom A. Smith and in the office of the CIO (aka Andrew Hoppin of Civicspace and Trellon fame). My first task, as the office's inhouse technologist/druaplista, is it to work with an outside vendor to convert our preexisting site into Drupal. As we are less than a month from deployment, I wanted to find other Drupalistas who are working within State / Federal organizations to discuss best practices, collaborative development and shared resources.
When you join this group, please state why you're here and introduce yourself to the rest of the community.
Btw, what do you think of the hash/tag #Drupal4gov?
