S 3.4.2.a: Open Source Content Management System

Move Energy.gov into an open source content management system.

Other Information:

a. Open Source Content Management System: In August 2011, Energy.gov was moved into an open source content management system called “Drupal,” which has no monthly licensing fees and is vastly more sophisticated, flexible and user friendly than Energy.gov’s previous out-dated, proprietary CMS. Non-technical staff members can easily learn how to post content and photos or make other routine updates to their websites using the new Drupal CMS. Further, the new Drupal CMS with its sophisticated tagging system will automatically curate web content into relevant web pages exponentially increasing the exposure of web content.

Stakeholder(s):

• DOE New Media Office: The Energy Department’s New Media Office is approaching the website reform initiative in three main phases: Phase One (completed August 2011): Rebuild the front and back-end infrastructure of Energy.gov to make it a top-of-the-line, leading government website. Include the dozen or so program office websites that are wholly dependent upon the current, archaic infrastructure in this upgrade: o Recovery Act o Open Gov o Office of the Chief Information Officer o Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs o Office of Economic Impact and Diversity o Office of Electricity Deliverability and Energy Reliability o Office of the General Counsel o Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance o Office of the Inspector General o Office of Management o Office of Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs o EnergyEmpowers.gov, etc. Phase Two (expected completion winter 2012): Migrate program office sites that use the ‘old’ Energy.gov ‘look and feel’ but have their own back-end infrastructure into the new infrastructure. This includes offices such as: o Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, including EnergySavers.gov o Office of Environmental Management o Office of Fossil Energy o Office of Nuclear Energy o Office of Health, Safety and Security o Office of the Chief Financial Officer, etc. Phase Three (expected completion fall 2012): Work with remaining program offices that have their own various ‘look and feels’, technology systems, etc. to migrate their sites to the extent possible into the new infrastructure. This includes offices such as: o Office of Science o ARPA-E o Loans Program Office o Office of Legacy Management, etc. These improvements are estimated to save the Department of Energy more than $10 million within a year.


• DOE Office of the Chief Information Officer


• DOE Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs


• DOE Office of Economic Impact and Diversity


• DOE Office of Electricity Deliverability and Energy Reliability


• DOE Office of the General Counsel


• DOE Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance


• DOE Office of the Inspector General


• DOE Office of Management


• DOE Office of Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs


• DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy


• DOE Office of Environmental Management


• DOE Office of Fossil Energy


• DOE Office of Nuclear Energy


• DOE Office of Health, Safety and Security


• DOE Office of the Chief Financial Officer


• DOE Office of Science


• ARPA-E


• DOE Loans Program Office


• DOE Office of Legacy Management

Indicator(s):

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