Blog Posts by Eric Spry

We have released a new module that drives our FCC.gov/maps [2] page.  Often referred to as open sourcing our code, we are excited to release this for wider audience use and enhancements.

Over the past year, FCC.gov [3] has gone through a major transformation.   The evolution of FCC.gov [3] has been described on several occasions in the following blog posts: Taking a peek under hood new FCC.gov, [4] MyFCC-Beta [5], New Features and Enhancements- FCC.gov [6], and Understanding Maps [7].  We use the open source software, Drupal, to drive our site. Presently, Drupal is the CMS behind more than 70.gov websites, (see: http://dotgov.benbalter.com/cms/drupal/ [8] for a complete list) and more than 600,000 other sites. 

Open source technologies like Drupal allow users to add modules, features and enhancements, which plug-in to the main software.  The web experience can be easily tailored to the needs of each site's users by drawing from a wide range of contributed Drupal modules without the long development cycle of other website solutions. The result is a fast, customized website.