drupal4gov

I've added two new events.

The 1st is on the 14th and is open to the worldwide drupal4Gov community. We have 15 call in lines and seating for 15 at the event.

And what ever will we be doing? Framing a Drupal4Gov ladder. Yep, Drupal4Gov ladder. Bryan Hirsch will be leading us in this effort. Please email me at kirsten.burgard2@va.gov to attend (phone or in person).

We are looking at all forms of government, so, state, provincial, international, school board, local, federal, etc... So, a nice assortment of folks will really make this a valuable lesson.

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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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.

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.)

Start now and submit your session for the Drupal Government Days: 7-9th April 2011 in Brussels!

The Drupal Gov Days event is the first of its kind and the most comprehensive solution oriented conference in the region. 

Einleitung

Drupal ist eine Open Source Plattform und ein Content Management System (CMS), mit dem dynamische Webseiten erstellt werden können. Von einer lebhaften Community vorangetrieben etabliert sich Drupal zunehmend zum führenden Produkt für Social Software Lösungen. Es hat bereits einen bedeutsamen Anteil am amerikanischen und weltweiten Markt für CMS des öffentlichen Sektors gewonnen und befindet sich damit auf einem Weg kontinuierlichen Wachstums. Die wachsende Liste berühmter Regierungsorganisationen, die Drupal für ihren Internetauftritt eingesetzt haben, und die erst vor Kurzem erfolgte Anerkennung durch den Industrieanlalysten Gartner, der Drupal als visionäres Produkt am Markt bezeichnete, sind deutliche Zeichen dafür, dass dieses Wachstum in Zukunft weiter beschleunigt wird.

Artikel lesen: Government 2.0 Leitfaden zu Drupal

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?