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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.
You can find us on freenode in #Drupal4Gov.
List of Drupal sites in government (state, provincial, or national)
List of governments at the state and federal level who are using Drupal. List includes embassies, parliaments, governmental portals, police, research centers, ministries/departments, monarchies etc. in more than 150 countries.
List of intergovernmental organisations using Drupal
This is a list of known implementations of Drupal in intergovernmental organisations, like the United Nations, European Union and others. Please add.
Global Intergovernmental Organisations
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US government publishes source code data.gov
The US government today announced the release of the source code of data.gov, built with Drupal. Governments worldwide can use this code to create open data portals. The US government and the government of India will develop the code together to build the Indian open data portal.
White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/12/05/datagov-goes-global
data.gov: http://www.data.gov/opengovplatform
Github: https://github.com/opengovplatform/opengovplatform
Drupal4Gov at DrupalDownunder?
Hey ho Gov and Edu Drupalfolks
Would really appreciate your help getting the word out about Drupal Downunder. The call for talks closes on Monday 14th November 2011 and that's now just a few short days away.
Drupal4Gov event in DC on Friday
This Friday, October 28th, Drupal4Gov will be meeting for a hands-on training/exercise event near Union Station.
There are only a few seats remaining and a few additional seats for the Webinar (webinar will have access to the ignite sessions and newbie training only).
If you're in DC, and can score a seat, you'll be able to participate in barcamp-esq hands-on exercises like:
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Nonprofit, Government & Education track at DrupalCon Denver
Session submissions are open for DrupalCon Denver and we’re excited to have an entire track devoted to the Nonprofit, Government & Education sectors. We have some great featured speakers confirmed. We’re also seeing a growing number of sessions being proposed -- but we need a lot more!
Gorgeous Drupal Sites
I would like to see what sites the Drupal community deems "Gorgeous Drupal Sites".
Here are a few that I think are outstanding examples of beautiful design and theme development.
http://www.uarts.edu/
http://www.rmcad.edu/
http://www.steelcase-solutions.co.uk/
http://vintagechild.co.uk/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.grammy.com/
http://www.melaniedoane.com/
Washington DC Drupal event notifications posted in Drupal4Gov
How do Drupal4Gov members outside the United States feel about (what seem like) generic Washington DC Drupal meeting notices being posted to this group? Let me put it another way, would Drupal4Gov members in the US be happy if I posted notices about Wellington or Canberra Drupal meetups? If everyone did that?
If there's a definite government flavour to the meetup, then sure. Otherwise, to my mind, it's inconsiderate and I would appreciate you thinking twice before doing it.
Cheers
Alfresco, Drupal and Solr
I ran across a question about integrating Solr, Alfresco and Drupal and can't seem to find any discussion from anyone who may have done this.
So, can't think of a better place to ask the question.
Has anyone done it? And if so, how'd it go? Easy integration and configuration? Pit falls to be aware of? Any lessons learned?
Standard site name for Drupal Camps
Drupal camps have been very valuable sources for learning many things from Gigs and also update with new stuff. Its really useful to watch videos/slides after the camp is done but everyone having different names based on their group, year which really confuse a lot, I mean they can any name they want but the site name for all the Drupal camps I feel should be consistent so I don't need to track or search for it.
My suggestion is:
year.drupalcamp.groupname
For ex:
2011.drupalcamp.nyc
Hey Cool Coders!
Hey Cool Coders!
Come visit Forum One Communications this weekend at DC's MobileUX Camp! We will have staff onsite to discuss exciting career opportunities. As always, you can also check out our openings at: http://www.forumone.com/careers.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Three new sandboxes
Ok, so i'm writing a book for Packt about creating D7 sites for mobiles and tablets. I in the process i've created three sandbox modules that i'm hoping to take to full module status,
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Views Highcharts
http://drupal.org/sandbox/stovak/1235800
Uses the Highcharts library to graph view results without using flash. I've applied for full-project status. It's in the queue and being reviewed.
Treasury Board talking a single CMS for government
This summer, the Treasury Board told Canadian government departments not to go shopping for new web content and EDRMS systems because they're planning on procuring a single solution or set of solutions for the entire government (i.e. everyone will have the same solution, possibly centrally managed).
This has obvious implications for open source products like Alfresco and Drupal, especially if TB is going to go through the typical RFP process.
Anyone heard anything more about TB's plans and whether they're taking OSS into consideration?
It was an amazing experience developing ICAR’s website
Hi group,
It was an amazing experience developing ICAR’s website (http://www.icar.org.in/ - a government website). You can check the credit line in footer. Faced lot of difficulties in convincing from security and sustainability point of view but finally we could do it. Though it was not easy...
But the best part of it is that we could motivate and help other institutes of ICAR in developing their websites in Drupal. Will add their links in list.
Would love to share my experiences and have positive feedback.
Thanks
Capital Camp
Capital Camp is fast approaching in just 5 more weeks!
So, have you signed up to attend and have you voted on the sessions to be offered?
I of course have one specific one I'm partial to, but then again, this is a government group, so it just seems fitting.
GSA Needs Testers Needed Friday June 3rd
I think this will become a possible continuing thing, so, I'll use this thread to post items related to GSA usability testing as they come up.
If you're able to participate, by webinar or in person (there's no remuneration), please contact Janelle Thalls at 202-253-1287 or janelle.thalls@gsa.gov
Drupal4Gov Coding and Documentation mini-sprint
On April 20th at 1:30, Drupal4Gov members will be meeting at the Administrative Offices of the US Courts (Thurgood Marshall building near Union Station) to conduct a mini coding and documentation sprint.
Post-DrupalCon Drupal4Gov Update
Hey gang! I think I've finally recovered from DrupalCon and the time change. Now, I want to passing along a few updates on from DrupalCon.
- Job postings
I got quite a bit of feedback about the job postings to this forum. With that being said, I will start moderating job postings. The most recent slate of postings have been removed from the group. Moving forward, if you want to collectively parcel job postings into one listing that will be acceptable. In the meantime, if you feel that this is inappropriate, please contact me.
- Adding new administrators.
Proposal & Conversation around "Drupal4Gov Summits"
Hot off the heals of DrupalCon, a number of Drupal'Govies are trying to figure out what's next. With the release of OpenPublic, there is a unique opportunity to tackle some of our more complex issues with an unprecedented way in sharing code, modules, content types and now APPS!!!
FYI, when I'm talking about a "summit," I'm describing a day/s that are mixture between a hackday, unconference, and a "con." Check out this summary < http://groups.drupal.org/node/98784 >.
Libraryhack 2011 - Ideas Competition
Have you got a great suggestion for a new and innovative way to use library data but maybe not the technical skills to bring that idea to life? Submit an idea for an application or data mashup to be eligible for this prize. Your idea might then be developed by someone else as an application or mashup as part of Libraryhack. For inspiration have a look at the list of data sets to be made available by the participating libraries and from February 8, submit an idea. You can enter as many times as you like.
Drupalcon Gov't Birds of a Feather
I just got the word, I'm going to Drupalcon.
So, now, time to start the discussion and organizing for Birds of a Feather times, dates and topics.
I've been playing around with a couple of different Government based types like:
1. All Government (including contractors and all employees of State, Local and Federal at any country at Drupalcon)
2. US Government (state, local, fed including legislative and judicial branches, NO Contractors, sometimes, there are things we have to discuss and can't with contractors present.)
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