Recovery.gov on Sharepoint now?

Nadav Schreibman just commented on my post “Is Drupal the right platform for whitehouse.gov?” to say that Recovery.gov is now running on Sharepoint. I was pretty shocked when I read the article and had to check the source on the site. Sure enough, I am seeing Sharepoint HTML in all of its postback glory.

The referenced article from Oh My Gov talks about how the Recovery.gov needed a more portal-like framework. Both Drupal and Sharepoint can be described as development frameworks. Drupal leans more towards being a CMS product (with strong capabilities for developing content) while Sharepoint is more of a portal (with strong capabilities for pulling content and data from other sources). It seems like Recovery.gov, with it’s mandate to expose where recovery money is being spent, needed more portal and less CMS. This was an expensive change — the redesign project cost $18 Million, which may not be a lot of money in government spending terms but is more than most of my clients have lying around. Thanks Nadav for the tip!

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2 Responses to “Recovery.gov on Sharepoint now?”

  1. Joe Slag says:
    November 12, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    $18 million for an 11-week project?
    Sharepoint as the quickest-to-develop tech?

    I feel that we’ve stepped into some alternate universe.

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  2. Blade says:
    March 11, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    I have used SharePoint 3.0 for a long time, but I can’t feel its power. Modification and Extension on SharePoint are nightmare sometimes. If use Drupal do the same work, it will be easier and save a lot of money. However, the client always think Microsoft solution is always more reliable than Open Source solution. That’s the fact.

    By the way, does anyone know which version of Share Point they use to build Recovery? MOSS 2007 or Share Point 2010?

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