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📖 Read the full Q&A with Traci: medium.com/civicactions...

#DITAP #DigitalGovernment #GovTech #CivicTech #Product #DigitalTransformation #PublicService #FOSS
"Headshot of Traci Walker with the text: “By embedding product thinking into acquisition training, participants don’t just learn a new framework — they practice it.” -Traci Walker on the DITAP Refresh adaptation, DITAP for Product Thinking and Acquisitions"
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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“When executives model ‘fail fast, learn faster’ and remove bureaucratic friction instead of adding approval layers, that’s when transformation accelerates. This is at the heart of DITAP Strategy for Executive Leaders.” - Jaime Gracia

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DITAP Refresh: Executive Strategy in Action with Jaime Gracia
We recently spoke with Jaime Gracia, Acquisition Leader and Director of The Wolverine Group, Inc., former procurement executive at the IRS…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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In her new blog post, Kelly Smith shares how our designers balanced learning and collaboration to sharpen their skills and strengthen how we partner with engineers.

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#CivicActions #Drupal #Design #ProfessionalDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #FOSS
Design to Drupal: Bridging the Handoff
By Kelly Smith, Senior UX Strategist
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October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🌍 CivicActions is at #DrupalCon Vienna!

Our own @ox.ca Mike Gifford is in town — meeting with the community, representing CivicActions, and leading a Birds of a Feather (BoF) on web #sustainability

Proud to see important conversations on #FOSS, #DigitalCommons, and #a11y happening!
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October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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🐍 Celebrating Contributions to the Open Python Directory ✨
We’re excited to highlight two new additions to the Open Python Directory shared by our friends in the open source and public interest tech community:

✅ Template-Application-Flask

✅ Comet-API


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GitHub - CivicActions/open-python-directory: Open source Python libraries for the public sector
Open source Python libraries for the public sector - CivicActions/open-python-directory
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October 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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We’re thrilled to share that our team made 200+ Drupal contributions in Q3 this year — our biggest quarter ever!

With more than 1,100 contributions in the past 12 months, CivicActions one of the top Drupal contributors among US federal digital services vendors.

#Drupal #FOSS
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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DITAP has been refreshed for the new acquisition era—modern, open, and future-ready.

Learn more: medium.com/civicactions...

#FOSS #DigitalGovernment
The DITAP Refresh Has Arrived: Training for the New Acquisition Era
For more than a decade, the Digital IT Acquisition Professional (DITAP) program has helped federal professionals navigate the complexities…
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October 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Meet our #NewHire Toks Oriola! Toks has recently joined the CivicActions team as a Senior Product Manager, where she will be supporting work with our client Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Welcome to the team, Toks!
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October 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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At CivicActions, every month is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Remember to do the following to stay secure online:
🚩Recognize and Report Phishing
🚩Update Your Software
🚩Use Strong Passwords
🚩Enable Multi-Factor Authentication
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month | CISA
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October 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🎉 The CivicActions Partner Playbook is now live on the G2X Federal Resource Center: g2xchange.com/resource-cen...

Helping small #GovCon businesses stay resilient & thrive.

#SmallBusiness #GovTech
G2X | Your Federal Growth Team's Go-to-Market Accelerator
Unlock success in federal contracting with G2Xchange. Discover opportunities, build key relationships, and win more contracts. Your path to growth starts here.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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🚀 New from Orange Slices: CivicActions – Embracing Collaboration Through Open Source Resources to Better Serve Government

We at CivicActions are advancing #OpenSource in #GovTech with our Open Python Directory + Open Requirements Library.

Read 👉 orangeslices.ai/civicactions...

#FOSS #Python
CivicActions – Embracing Collaboration Through Open Source Resources to Better Serve Government | OrangeSlices AI
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September 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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CivicActions is proud to contribute on a global scale, through CivicActioner @ox.ca, to the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport on its Open Source Ambition Ladder, a resource guiding Dutch government agencies on how and why to procure open source. #FOSS

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Open source ambitieladder in maatwerk aanbesteding of opdracht - Open beleidsontwikkeling
Open beleid van het Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
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September 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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ICYMI, here’s a throwback interview with Kristian Ducharme, Associate Director of Drupal Engineering at CivicActions.

“The most rewarding part of my job is...transforming great ideas into actionable work.”
— Kristian Ducharme

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Kristian Ducharme: Transforming Ideas into Action
We spoke with longtime CivicActioner Kristian Ducharme, Associate Director of Drupal Engineering, about his work as a tech lead for the…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#CivicEducation
#EconomicBoycott
#CivicActions
#WeThePeopleUnity #March4YourHealth
#PeacefulMarch
#NonViolence
#VotersRegistration
#WomenHealthRights #CallYourRepresentatives
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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🎙️ New TD Café: Steve Wirt (CivicActions) & John Jameson (Princeton) talk module maintenance, contrib-first practices, & making accessibility intuitive for editors. From Alt Text Validation to Editoria11y—hear how UX + open source shape better Drupal.
👉 https://bit.ly/3VejkM6
September 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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#Ukraine🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 #Art #Film🎥🎬📽️🎞️
#StandWithUkraine #CivicEducation
#Librarians #Education #CivicActions
u24.gov.ua UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · Sep 13
UNITED24 ambassadors @mishacollins.bsky.social and Katheryn Winnick honored Ukrainian Cinema Day by voicing scenes from Serhii Paradzhanov's film, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Released in 1965, it became an act of resistance against soviet repressions and arrests of Ukrainian intellectuals.
September 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#RepublicansViolence #Illinois #AmericaNonViolenceProtest #CivicActions #Vote #RegisterVoters
September 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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#Military #Veterans deployment to Democratic States.
#USConstitution
#CivicEducation
#CivicActions
#EconomicBoycott #EconomicCrisis
stevebenen.com Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · Sep 10
The sitting American president wants to deploy armed troops, acting at his direction, into “every” city in the United States run by members of the opposing political party.

The White House admitted this, out loud, as if it were normal. It’s not. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
White House endorses troop deployments in ‘every Democrat-run city’
Donald Trump wants to deploy armed troops, acting at his direction, into “every” city in the United States run by members of the opposing political party.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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“Since my early days, Drupal has been a veritable Swiss army knife for web development...Just like how the Drupal platform and community has evolved, so have I. Drupal has given me the space to do that and I am grateful for that." - Daniel Mundra, AD of Drupal

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Daniel Mundra: Diving into Drupal
We spoke to CivicActioner Daniel Mundra, Associate Director of Drupal, about the benefits of Drupal, community contributions, and why…
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September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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✅ How to Qualify a Great Drupal Partner

🔹 Deep Drupal expertise
🔹 Active community contributions
🔹 Maintainer mindset
🔹 Accessibility & public sector experience
🔹 Secure, scalable DevOps
🔹 Human-centered, open by default

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September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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CivicActioner Iris Ibekwe contributed AI Crawl Analysis to the new Open Python Directory, helping agencies simplify complex web content.

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#FOSS #Python #AI #OpenSource
AI Crawl Analysis: Iris Ibekwe’s Vision for Smarter Government Web Audits
Iris Ibekwe, Associate Director of Front End Development at CivicActions, is bringing innovation to the newly launched Open Python…
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September 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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🚀 CivicActions launched the Open Python Directory — a digital commons for sharing reusable #FOSS Python tools in the public sector.

Explore & contribute:
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#OpenSource #Python #GovTech
GitHub - CivicActions/open-python-directory: Open source Python libraries for the public sector
Open source Python libraries for the public sector - CivicActions/open-python-directory
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September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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May our Choices and decisions be Aligned with the will of The Lord, his purpose, his Calling, his Assignment
Let us continue to serve Him Jehovah in Jesus Christ name. #Protect the weak, Old, Children, Fighting for what is right In #NonViolence #CivicActions #MidtermsElections2026 #CleanUpCongress
August 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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We’re proud to share that @ox.ca from CivicActions will be presenting at the upcoming Open Source Summit Europe, happening August 25–27th in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
#OSSummit

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Mike Gifford at a podium on stage with a presentation slide reading "Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration." Transcribed Text: CivicActions, Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration, Mike Gifford, Open Source Summit Europe 2025, August 25, 2025 2:25–3:05pm CEST Elicium 2A (Elicium Level 1)
August 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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#Florida Cities are grappling with a new state #law requiring the #removal of #rainbow-painted #crosswalks, with officials in Delray Beach and Key West facing deadlines and warnings from the FDOT #Governor #Art🖌️👨🏼‍🎨 #MidTermElections #CivicActions #NonViolence #Vote🗳️
August 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM