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NewsFCC 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 Read more...
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 Read more...
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 Read more...
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 Read more...
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 Read more...
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 Read more...
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 Read more...
House.gov goes open source with Drupal
The House of Representatives is the latest governmental organization to choose Drupal as its web content management system. The open source platform already famously powers the back-end of Read more...
Why WhiteHouse.gov chose Drupal
When the White House jumped on the open-source bandwagon and chose Drupal for managing the back-end of WhiteHouse.gov, the decision made headlines. Rob Klause, the man behind the Drupal transition, Read more...
Department of Commerce looking to Drupal, as well
Drupal is becoming very popular in the government. The Department of Commerce is planning to replace its current website with a large-scale, open-source, Drupal-based website hosting system. In a Read more...
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