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Open source solutions offered through Canada's web experience toolkit
The toolkit is a code library and framework for web design with a heavy emphasis on accessibility, usability, interoperability, and mobile-friendly and multi-lingual features. The WET is open source, so it can be used commercially or for government, and is on GitHub.
NIST to pilot Drupal
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning a 3-month pilot of open source web content management system Drupal, according to an Aug. 14 solicitation posted to FedBizOpps. The solicitation seeks consulting services to identify the requirements of migrating all public-facing NIST.gov sites from their CommonSpot platform to a cloud-based Drupal platform.The agency also expects the contractor to train its office of information systems management staff to support Drupal. Testing would also include the migration of one external NIST website to a Drupal cloud environment, says the solicitation.
White House to open We the People platform
The White House is in the process of creating an open source version of its "We the People" online petition platform . The effort will fulfill one of its objectives under the National Action Plan it revealed as a member of the international Open Government Partnership .
FCC thinks "API First" to create custom dashboards, share code
The Federal Communications Commission launched Dec. 20 the public beta of My.FCC.gov , an online tool for creating, saving and managing a customized FCC website based on a menu of 22 "widgets." The
Expect a high C&A burden when deploying Drupal in a controlled environment
Across government, open source web content management system Drupal is increasing in popularity. But most of the buzz has been around sites such as WhiteHouse.gov and Energy.gov , not from Defense or
The case for decoupled federal websites
Since the federal government stopped issuing .gov URLs in June, former Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra suggested the government may want to consolidate sites down to a single, giant
Spotlight: FCC.gov reboots
The Federal Communications Commission launched a new website this week. For the new site, now available in beta, FCC chose to host content on the cloud and use the popular open source web content
Spotlight: No joke, government gets in on the April Fool's action
Proving that April Fool's Day antics aren't just for companies like Google , some government agencies pulled their own pranks on April 1. The Army announced in a press release that the Stetsen would
Five tips for government web portal adoption
In an era of transparency, many federal agencies are creating online dashboards and self-service applications, but simply jury rigging a web content management system to perform like a portal is
WhiteHouse.gov contributes a second round of code to the Drupal community
The Obama administration is releasing more code to the Drupal web developer community, announced White House New Media Director Macon Phillips during a Feb. 11 open source-focused event called
