1. APPS.gov NOW in beta
a citizen engagement platform
Gwynne Kostin
gwynne.kostin@gsa.gov

2. What is it?
• Simple, policy-compliant SaaS driven by easy
to use storefront
• Launch offering hosted multi-user Word Press
blog
• Additional tools—groups, wikis delivered FY10

3. Features
• Storefront with immediate provisioning of tools
• Available to users in federal dot-gov and dot-mil
• Hosted in secure government cloud
• Full-featured Word Press install
– Multiple themes
– User customization choices include banners, social
media integration, plug-ins and widgets
– Plugins and widgets all 508 compliant
– User statistics via storefront dashboard
• Self-support model

4. Rollout
• Slow rolling beta release with 3 goals
– Gather information on load
– Identify and eliminate user friction
– Build community
• Starting with 3-4 clients
• Rolling beta to increase number of clients
while decreasing support
• Outreach to web managers, CIOs and Open
government leadership

5. Next Steps
• Launch
• Gather input from user community
• Rollout next tools
– Groups
– Wikis templates
• Future plans
– bug/issue tracker, comment widget
– Connect with Automatic (wordpress.com) for best
practices
– Support to users via groups, training, videos

6. Follow us on twitter
@GovNewMedia
The Center for New Media
and Citizen Engagement

7. Follow us on twitter
@GovNewMedia
The Center for New Media
and Citizen Engagement