The document appears to be a transcript of a presentation given by Ryan Ozimek on June 5, 2012 in Rome, Italy about Joomla and its use in government organizations. Some of the key points discussed include a case study of Joomla being used by 1/4 of the US Congress at its peak, statistics on Joomla's use in Italy, and the benefits of using Joomla in government such as lowering costs during difficult financial times.

1. Welcome to Joomla!
Ryan W. Ozimek
June 4, 2012 - Rome, Italy
Focus Group Open Source
@cozimek
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2. Buon pomeriggio, Roma!
@cozimek
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3. Who am I?
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4. Who am I?
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5. Who am I?
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6. Who am I?
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7. Where am I from?
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8. Where am I from?
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9. Where am I from?
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10. Being president had its benefits
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11. Being president had its benefits
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12. Being president had its benefits
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13. Being president had its benefits
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14. Most
importantly ...
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15. Sharing all the secrets!
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16. Time to pull back the curtains
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17. Before we begin...
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18. My core business value...
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19. Yesterday’s innovators
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20. Today’s innovators
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21. We’re living in a changing world
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22. Joomla powers governments
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23. Joomla powers critical charities
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24. The social, public
impact of OSS
goes much further
than bits and
bytes
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25. What is Joomla?
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26. What is Joomla?
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27. The unique birth of a project
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28. The unique birth of a project
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29. Oh 2001...
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30. Open source patriots
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31. Declaration of independence
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32. My contribution
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33. 2 types of
organizational
leadership models
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34. Corporate model
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35. Benevolent dictator model
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36. Hippie model
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37. Power to the people
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38. A story of growth
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39. A story of growth
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40. Joomla, by the numbers
31,973,928
downloads
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41. Joomla, by the numbers
2,615,968
forum posts
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42. Joomla, by the numbers
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43. Joomla, by the numbers
563,674
users
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44. Joomla, by the numbers
187x
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45. Joomla, by the numbers
2.7%
of the Web
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46. Large enterprise support, users
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47. Large enterprise support, users
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48. Joomla’s evolution
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49. What makes Joomla different?
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50. What makes Joomla different?
Framework
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51. What makes Joomla different?
Framework
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52. Very excited developers
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53. A new toolset
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54. Publishing tweets from a CLI
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55. Publishing tweets from a CLI
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56. Build new extensions faster
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57. Export site to HTML
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58. How does this apply to us?
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59. Why e-gov is important to me
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60. Why e-gov is important to me
• This meets a key function of Joomla:
communications liberation for everyone
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61. Why e-gov is important to me
• This meets a key function of Joomla:
communications liberation for everyone
• Increasing transparency, empowerment, and
accountability
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62. A tough topic to pin down
• Talking about what is good for e-Government
is similar to asking “what’s good for
businesses?” or “what’s good for charities?”
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63. A case study in US gov
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64. A case study in US gov
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65. A case study in US gov
• ASP …
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66. A case study in US gov
• ASP …
• …not .NET but…
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67. A case study in US gov
• ASP …
• …not .NET but…
• ASP Classic
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68. A case study in US gov
@cozimek
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69. A case study in US gov
• The challenge of working with another
department for all technology needs
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70. A case study in US gov
• The challenge of working with another
department for all technology needs
• Technology was old, and not keeping up with
the modern tools
@cozimek
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71. A case study in US gov
• The challenge of working with another
department for all technology needs
• Technology was old, and not keeping up with
the modern tools
• Direct access to the technology was difficult
for House offices
@cozimek
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72. A case study in US gov
@cozimek
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73. A case study in US gov
• The key purpose of the websites are to
encourage the transparency and accountability
of the US federal government, but…
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74. A case study in US gov
• The key purpose of the websites are to
encourage the transparency and accountability
of the US federal government, but…
• It simply wasn’t able to keep up with the needs
of the offices
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75. A case study in US gov
• The key purpose of the websites are to
encourage the transparency and accountability
of the US federal government, but…
• It simply wasn’t able to keep up with the needs
of the offices
• Campaigns had more modern tools than the
offices themselves
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76. A case study in US gov
@cozimek
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77. A case study in US gov
• If offices chose to keep up with the times, they
needed to go find their own consultants
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78. A case study in US gov
• If offices chose to keep up with the times, they
needed to go find their own consultants
• But…consultants needed to have their own
servers in the House
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79. A case study in US gov
• If offices chose to keep up with the times, they
needed to go find their own consultants
• But…consultants needed to have their own
servers in the House
• Therefore, the barriers to entry and
innovation were very high
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80. A case study in US gov
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81. A case study in US gov
• So at first, we played the game…
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82. A case study in US gov
• So at first, we played the game…
• …and used proprietary software
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83. A case study in US gov
• So at first, we played the game…
• …and used proprietary software
• …and tried to get along with ASP
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84. A case study in US gov
• So at first, we played the game…
• …and used proprietary software
• …and tried to get along with ASP
• …but we weren’t very happy with the process
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85. A case study in US gov
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86. A case study in US gov
@cozimek
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87. A case study in US gov
@cozimek
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88. A case study in US gov
• Reasons to use a standardized CMS like
Joomla for the House
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89. A case study in US gov
• Reasons to use a standardized CMS like
Joomla for the House
• High staff turnover
@cozimek
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90. A case study in US gov
• Reasons to use a standardized CMS like
Joomla for the House
• High staff turnover
• Lower barriers to entry for staffers
@cozimek
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91. A case study in US gov
• Reasons to use a standardized CMS like
Joomla for the House
• High staff turnover
• Lower barriers to entry for staffers
• More direct access to technology available during
their campaigns
@cozimek
Tuesday, June 5, 12

92. A case study in US gov
• Reasons to use a standardized CMS like
Joomla for the House
• High staff turnover
• Lower barriers to entry for staffers
• More direct access to technology available during
their campaigns
• Ability to integrate with CRM services
@cozimek
Tuesday, June 5, 12

93. A case study in US gov
• Reasons to use a standardized CMS like
Joomla for the House
• High staff turnover
• Lower barriers to entry for staffers
• More direct access to technology available during
their campaigns
• Ability to integrate with CRM services
• Ability to manage custom Web services
@cozimek
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94. A case study in US gov
@cozimek
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95. A case study in US gov
• At its peak, 1/4th of US Congress was running
Joomla!
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96. A case study in US gov
• At its peak, 1/4th of US Congress was running
Joomla!
• Now, 9 years later, PHP and MySQL are the
based standards of the US Congress House of
Representatives
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97. Let’s go global!
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98. The #joomla-in-gov project
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99. The #joomla-in-gov project
• Started off with a personal frustration from a
conference
• …a tweet from an airport
• …a few excited community members
• …a wiki page
• …and then, a little love from South Africa
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100. The #joomla-in-gov project
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101. The #joomla-in-gov project
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102. The #joomla-in-gov project
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103. Joomla in Italy
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104. Joomla in Italy
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105. Alessandro Rossi
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106. Joomla in Italy, by the numbers
716,070
forum posts
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107. Joomla in Italy, by the numbers
61,416
registered users
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108. Joomla in Italy, by the numbers
20x
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109. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
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110. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Lowering costs
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111. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Lowering costs
• Difficult financial times
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112. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Lowering costs
• Difficult financial times
• Complies with government mandates
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113. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Lowering costs
• Difficult financial times
• Complies with government mandates
• With Joomla 2.5, it works with existing
databases
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114. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Lowering costs
• Difficult financial times
• Complies with government mandates
• With Joomla 2.5, it works with existing
databases
• Alternative to “the cloud” if needed by
agencies
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115. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
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116. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Standardized around the world
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117. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Standardized around the world
• Gov can capitalize on worldwide existing education
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118. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Standardized around the world
• Gov can capitalize on worldwide existing education
• Localization possible
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119. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Standardized around the world
• Gov can capitalize on worldwide existing education
• Localization possible
• Language replacement easy
@cozimek
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120. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Standardized around the world
• Gov can capitalize on worldwide existing education
• Localization possible
• Language replacement easy
• Lower barriers to entry for content creators
@cozimek
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121. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Standardized around the world
• Gov can capitalize on worldwide existing education
• Localization possible
• Language replacement easy
• Lower barriers to entry for content creators
• Increases government’s transparency and
accountability
@cozimek
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122. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
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123. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Procurement processes
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124. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Procurement processes
• Rarely fun, often long and tedious
@cozimek
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125. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Procurement processes
• Rarely fun, often long and tedious
• US government’s GSA schedule
@cozimek
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126. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Procurement processes
• Rarely fun, often long and tedious
• US government’s GSA schedule
• Potential restrictions on content population of
websites
@cozimek
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127. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Procurement processes
• Rarely fun, often long and tedious
• US government’s GSA schedule
• Potential restrictions on content population of
websites
• Security, infrastructure protection, gov guidelines
@cozimek
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128. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Procurement processes
• Rarely fun, often long and tedious
• US government’s GSA schedule
• Potential restrictions on content population of
websites
• Security, infrastructure protection, gov guidelines
• Compliance for accessibility
@cozimek
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129. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Procurement processes
• Rarely fun, often long and tedious
• US government’s GSA schedule
• Potential restrictions on content population of
websites
• Security, infrastructure protection, gov guidelines
• Compliance for accessibility
• US government’s ADA Section 508
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130. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
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131. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Existing infrastructure challenge
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132. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Existing infrastructure challenge
• You often need to use the hardware and
technology you’re given
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133. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Existing infrastructure challenge
• You often need to use the hardware and
technology you’re given
• Diverse audience of site visitors
@cozimek
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134. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Existing infrastructure challenge
• You often need to use the hardware and
technology you’re given
• Diverse audience of site visitors
• Lowest common denominator (bandwidth, tech)
@cozimek
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135. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Existing infrastructure challenge
• You often need to use the hardware and
technology you’re given
• Diverse audience of site visitors
• Lowest common denominator (bandwidth, tech)
• Content challenges with diversity
@cozimek
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136. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Existing infrastructure challenge
• You often need to use the hardware and
technology you’re given
• Diverse audience of site visitors
• Lowest common denominator (bandwidth, tech)
• Content challenges with diversity
• More local = more feedback needed
@cozimek
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137. Benefits of using Joomla in gov
• Existing infrastructure challenge
• You often need to use the hardware and
technology you’re given
• Diverse audience of site visitors
• Lowest common denominator (bandwidth, tech)
• Content challenges with diversity
• More local = more feedback needed
• More specific = more feedback needed
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138. Things to keep in mind
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139. Things to keep in mind
• Audience of Joomla government users
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140. Things to keep in mind
• Audience of Joomla government users
• Staff members carry diverse roles
@cozimek
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141. Things to keep in mind
• Audience of Joomla government users
• Staff members carry diverse roles
• US House staff
@cozimek
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142. Things to keep in mind
• Audience of Joomla government users
• Staff members carry diverse roles
• US House staff
• Time to focus on website content is often shorter
than that in the corporate world
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143. Things to keep in mind
• Audience of Joomla government users
• Staff members carry diverse roles
• US House staff
• Time to focus on website content is often shorter
than that in the corporate world
• Turn-over is high, education needs to be easy and
learning curve as flat as possible
@cozimek
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144. Best practices
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145. Best practices
• Have a back-up and disaster recovery plan
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146. Best practices
• Have a back-up and disaster recovery plan
• Useful monitoring systems, like Nagios
@cozimek
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147. Best practices
• Have a back-up and disaster recovery plan
• Useful monitoring systems, like Nagios
• Increased levels of security
@cozimek
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148. Best practices
• Have a back-up and disaster recovery plan
• Useful monitoring systems, like Nagios
• Increased levels of security
• Preparing for high site traffic, with unexpected
peaks and valleys
@cozimek
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149. Best practices
• Have a back-up and disaster recovery plan
• Useful monitoring systems, like Nagios
• Increased levels of security
• Preparing for high site traffic, with unexpected
peaks and valleys
• Coding for the lowest common denominator
@cozimek
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150. Best practices
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151. Best practices
• Multi-server strategy
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152. Best practices
• Multi-server strategy
• Development
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153. Best practices
• Multi-server strategy
• Development
• Testing/Staging
@cozimek
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154. Best practices
• Multi-server strategy
• Development
• Testing/Staging
• Production
@cozimek
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155. Best practices
• Multi-server strategy
• Development
• Testing/Staging
• Production
• Build for the long-term…the very long-term
@cozimek
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156. Best practices
• Multi-server strategy
• Development
• Testing/Staging
• Production
• Build for the long-term…the very long-term
• Create long-term support plans
@cozimek
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157. Best practices
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158. Best practices
• Focus early on integration opportunities, a key
differentiator
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159. Best practices
• Focus early on integration opportunities, a key
differentiator
• Examples from US House
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160. Best practices
• Focus early on integration opportunities, a key
differentiator
• Examples from US House
• Flag requests
@cozimek
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161. Best practices
• Focus early on integration opportunities, a key
differentiator
• Examples from US House
• Flag requests
• CRM services
@cozimek
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162. Best practices
• Focus early on integration opportunities, a key
differentiator
• Examples from US House
• Flag requests
• CRM services
• External Web services
@cozimek
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163. Best practices
• Focus early on integration opportunities, a key
differentiator
• Examples from US House
• Flag requests
• CRM services
• External Web services
• Multi-lingual requirements
@cozimek
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164. Best practices
• Get involved or start an open source or
Joomla government community
• Example from the USA: www.govloop.com
@cozimek
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165. Best practices
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166. Best practices
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167. Best practices
• Most importantly: Increase transparency and
value to constituents wherever possible
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168. Best practices
• Most importantly: Increase transparency and
value to constituents wherever possible
• Be innovative
@cozimek
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169. Best practices
• Most importantly: Increase transparency and
value to constituents wherever possible
• Be innovative
• Build mashups
@cozimek
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170. Best practices
• Most importantly: Increase transparency and
value to constituents wherever possible
• Be innovative
• Build mashups
• Create new data sets
@cozimek
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171. Best practices
• Most importantly: Increase transparency and
value to constituents wherever possible
• Be innovative
• Build mashups
• Create new data sets
• Layer mapping technology
@cozimek
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172. SeeClickFix.com
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173. SeeClickFix.com
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174. President’s State of the Union
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175. Things to watch out for
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176. Things to watch out for
• Slow moving projects due to inherent
consensus decision making process in
government
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177. Things to watch out for
• Slow moving projects due to inherent
consensus decision making process in
government
• Change orders that seem to come from
nowhere
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178. Things to watch out for
• Slow moving projects due to inherent
consensus decision making process in
government
• Change orders that seem to come from
nowhere
• Understanding the payment process of the
government agency you’re working with
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179. Things to watch out for
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180. Things to watch out for
• Clearly understand your main point of contact
for billing, technology, and sign-off
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181. Things to watch out for
• Clearly understand your main point of contact
for billing, technology, and sign-off
• Domain names can be difficult to receive, so
get them early
@cozimek
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182. Things to watch out for
• Clearly understand your main point of contact
for billing, technology, and sign-off
• Domain names can be difficult to receive, so
get them early
• Realize that community developed tools might
not fit the requirements of government
agencies, be ready to change
@cozimek
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183. Grazie FGOS!
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184. Questions?
@cozimek
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185. Feel free to contact me!
Ryan Ozimek
PICnet
Twitter: @cozimek
cozimek@picnet.net
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