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A Case for WordPress: The Government

Posted by John Saddington on Jan 28, 2010

Kevin recently asked me if I could provide him with some tips and suggestions on how to make a case for WordPress within the context of a ministry and non-profit organization. I told him a few Fortune 500 companies that use it for their online properties but I then shot him this list of government organizations that leverage WordPress.

This is exceptionally cool since not only do these organizations believe in the feature set of WordPress to handle their needs but also in the ability to make them secure. If you’re trying to make a case for WordPress then you could probably start with this list:

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Coast Guard
  • Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of State
  • Department of Treasury
  • Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
  • Marine Corps
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
  • National Reconnaissance Agency
  • National Security Agency (NSA)
  • Navy

Impressive.

WordPress is growing. It’s here to stay. There are other great Open Source platforms out there as well but WordPress is definitely worth a look.

Good luck on developing your “case” Kevin!

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch. He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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14 Responses to “A Case for WordPress: The Government”

  1. Jay
    Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 2:32 pm

    I wonder what the Marine Corps does to those responsible for comment spam. Can we declare war on them?

    Reply
    • Kyle Reed
      Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 4:39 pm

      hahaha, as much spam as I get I hope they do not declare war on them, taxes will be tripled.

      Reply
  2. mike
    Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    wordpress isn't scalable for huge ERP and CRM systems… thoughts?

    Reply
  3. Kyle Reed
    Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 4:39 pm

    I think this makes the case for wordpress completely dominating any other blogging platform.
    Simple interface and the chance to go beyond the simple for others makes it the best.
    And all that security stuff as well.

    Reply
  4. bman
    Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    I've worked with DNN and WordPress… and there's no contest there, but I'm sure everyone knew that. I heart WordPress.
    My recent post JJ Abrams Explains It All

    Reply
  5. bman
    Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    I've worked with DNN and WordPress… and there's no contest there, but I'm sure everyone knew that. I heart WordPress.
    My recent post JJ Abrams Explains It All

    Reply
  6. Graham Brenna
    Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    Man… that is one impressive list! I had no idea!

    Reply
  7. Adam Lehman
    Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    I know this is not really the topic of the post, but I was wandering if you (or anyone who is wordpress savvy) could post a massive list of useful wordrpress plugins.

    There are so many it is hard to decide what to do.

    So maybe a list of “100 interesting plugins for wordpress” or something similar might be cool…

    Reply
    • John Saddington
      Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 9:44 pm

      it really depends on what you’re looking for in terms of use.

      i could give a list, but man, it would be so dependent on particular functions and needs.

      tough! lots to choose from.

      Reply
  8. LA Security Guards
    Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    Thanks for putting that list together! WordPress rocks doesn’t it?

    Reply

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