New Website Release - ContractorMisconduct.org
July 18th, 2007 by Ernesto Gluecksmann
We have been working recently with the folks at Project On Government Oversight (POGO) on their new and improved Federal Contractor Misconduct Database. This database site is a resource that tracks the top 50 federal contractors and their, errhm, bad habits.
Their goal was to provide a centralized database listing of instances of misconduct, and vital to that was making sure the system easily provided all their cited publicly available sources.
POGO was founded in 1981 and they are an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government.
We provided consulting and development services for their new database site. They needed something they could easily update and keep track of large body of links and information on a daily basis.
The database itself is a customized CMS system, completely CSS driven with built RSS feeds to facilitate syndication and tracking. In other words, pretty nice tool. Future articles we will discuss some of the underlining technologies, why they should matter to your business or organization and how you can benefit from these relatively news technologies.