this is what happens when you move to australia.
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Drupal for State and Federal Agencies / Government
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?
ps – please don’t judge me for also being a tumblr user. can’t we all just get along?
I don’t have all the details yet, but I have to post it up. I just received texts from two people close to Van Jones and the word is in…he was just confirmed yesterday as the “Green Czar” overseeing the allocation of green jobs money in the stimulus bill, with a likely focus on energy retrofits.
The New York State Forum is a network of state and local government organizations and information technology leaders and professionals concerned with information management, policy, and operations.
Information is a vital resource for New York state and local government. Government organizations have widely adopted information technologies to improve their abilities to meet their responsibilities. These technologies, the information they process, and the people who use and manage them are essential components of modern government. Together they support a wide variety of public services, contribute to economic health and development, help to manage the state’s physical infrastructure and the natural environment, and foster educational and cultural development. Public managers in New York State have become increasingly aware of a need to articulate information policies and to improve the management of information resources which support state operations. The NYS Forum is a unique mechanism that supports the ongoing exchange of professional and managerial knowledge and experiences, and coordinates efforts in support of state technology program priorities.
Life is what happens when you’re busy twittering.
via JenniferDaniel
Good social networks are not the most personal networks – if it were, Friendster would still rule. My old adage “conversation is king” leaves aside the object – the subject of conversation – the meaning. It’s all about object-centered networks and actor-network models for me now.
NY Bill Proposes Tax Credit for Open Source Developers
“Assemblymen Jonathan Bing and Micah Kellner, along with a number of co-sponsors, have introduced proposed legislation in New York State which would grant a tax credit to individuals acting as volunteers who develop open source programs. The idea of the credit is to ensure that volunteer developers, who could not otherwise deduct their expenses because they are not part of a ‘business’, should nevertheless be able to receive a tax benefit for their contribution. The credit would be for 20% of the expenses incurred, up to $200. The preamble to the bill notes that the New York State Assembly itself currently uses ‘Open Source programs such as Mozilla for email, Firefox for web browsing, and WebCal for electronic calendars’, and that these programs have led to significant cost savings to taxpayers. The preamble also cited a 2006 report authored by John Irons and Carl Malamud from the Center for American Progress detailing how Open Source software enhances a broader dissemination of knowledge and ideas.” from slashdot
Because so many aircraft pass through New York’s airspace, three-quarters of all holdups nationwide can be traced back to that tangled swath of East Coast sky.