capitalgig.com - 10/30/2009
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There's no question that the increased adoption of open source backend solutions in the private sector, and now in government, represents yet another evolutionary step in the rapid growth of the Internet. As these tools become more prevalent, users will be able to better connect and collaborate ...
buytaert.net - 10/25/2009
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buytaert.net —
Big, exciting news! The flag ship website of
the U.S. government, Whitehouse.gov , just relaunched on Drupal....
This is a big day for Drupal , and for Open Source in government, and something all of us in the community should be very proud of. ...
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Whitehouse.gov using Drupal
techpresident.com - 10/25/2009
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techpresident.com —
WhiteHouse.gov has gone Drupal. After months of planning,
says an Obama Administration source, the White House has...
ditched the proprietary content management system that had been in place since the days of the Bush Administration in favor of the ...
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WhiteHouse.gov Goes Drupal
radar.oreilly.com - 10/26/2009
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by Tim O'Reilly | @timoreilly | comments: 31
Yesterday, the new media team at the White House...
announced via the Associated Press that whitehouse.gov is now running on Drupal , the open source content management system. That Drupal implementation is ...
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Thoughts on the Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal
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Before Drupal, There Was "The Tool"
techPresident —
[image] Even smaller than the fraternity of people who have served as President of the United States is the fraternity of those who have served as the Internet Director to the President of the United States. David Almacy is a member of the latter club, having served under President George W. Bush's tenure, and as we chew over the White House's recent embrace of the Drupal open-source content management system, Almacy has an invaluable post up walking us back through the history of the online White House , back to the days when there was no content management system to ...
Podcast: David Almacy Refutes Obama White House Claims About Government Website
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... Evidently, it wasn’t good enough for the Obama team and they used more taxpayer money to recreate another website even though the website was new in January, 2009. David says at his personal blog Capital Gig: ...
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