State of Georgia Making the Move to Drupal Using OpenPublic

Posted Sep 14, 2011 // 0 comments

What a year for Drupal in government! After several major launches for Drupal at the Federal level from the U.S.

A Roadmap for Open Government Apps on Drupal

Posted Jun 13, 2011 // 0 comments

Today we are hosting the OpenGovDC conference, an event for government stakeholders who want to better understand—or build—technical platforms that support open government using open source tools. This is one of our main passions, preparing government to make great technology solutions that cost less and create more for the public good.

Apps for Distributions: Ready to Get Started?

Posted May 18, 2011 // 0 comments

 The discussion has started. If you're reviewing potential sessions for DrupalCon London or attending any of the Drupal camps around the country, you know that the question of "apps" for Drupal is a big one. How can we make advanced functionality, third-party services, and beautiful themes easy to install, configure, and use for everyone?

Let's Get Voting! DrupalCon London Session Submissions Open for Voting

Posted May 13, 2011 // 0 comments

Session voting has kicked off for DrupalCon London and Karen, CJ, Tobby, Erik and Jeff have all submitted some great entries. In total the Phase2 Team proposed 13 sessions with at least one session for each track.

Check out the full descriptions below and as always, we would love your vote and a chance to share our knowledge with the rest of the community.

OpenPublic’s Going Beta at DrupalCon

Posted Mar 9, 2011 // 0 comments

Based on the fact that our newest product, OpenPublic, is all about community -- open-source, data transparency, government publishing, citizen engagement -- we couldn’t think of a better forum to introduce it formally than at DrupalCon 2011.

Open Atrium and Managing News Find a New Home with Phase2

Posted Feb 22, 2011 // 9 comments

Today we are announcing the purchase of Open Atrium, a team collaboration tool and Managing News, a pluggable news and data aggregator both developed on Drupal.

OpenPublic Status Update: Alpha Release

Posted Feb 16, 2011 // 1 comments

When the Obama Administration directed agencies to be transparent, collaborative, and participatory, a new era of using open-source technologies in the public sector was born. And thanks to the innovative efforts of groups such as Code For America and Sunlight Labs, we are increasingly connecting public enterprises with sophisticated tools and smart talent -- all to promote more effective operations and outreach.

Tech@State shows that U.S. Government Open Source Drupal Adoption Continues

Posted Feb 11, 2011 // 0 comments

I spent the day at the Tech@State conference at the U.S. State Department and I am reinvigorated about the progress of Drupal adoption in government! We hope and expect this to be further reinforced by the Alpha release of OpenPublic on Monday. Right now OpenPublic is moving towards being a community initiative to provide a government-focused distribution in Drupal that will provide an avenue for developers and organizations here in the U.S.

Phase2 Proposes Session Topics for DrupalCon 2011

Posted Dec 13, 2010 // 0 comments

Session voting for Drupalcon 2011 in Chicago started over the weekend and I am very proud of the great entries that our team at Phase2 has prepared for the conference. In total our team proposed 14 sessions that cover 4 of the 6 categories and run the complete range from business topics to design thinking, project management and code development. We would love your vote and chance to share what we have learned this past year.

November DC Drupal Meetup Tonight: Two Minute Site Tours

Posted Nov 8, 2010 // 0 comments

The November Washington, DC Drupal meetup is tonight - November 8 - at 7:00 pm, and it will be a great opportunity to see some of the different kinds of sites that can be built with Drupal. Tonight's meetup will be showcasing several different kinds of Drupal websites in '2-minute site tours'. So far, we have some great sites on the lineup:

• Jason Hoekstra from the Department of Education will show Teach.gov