WordPress Being Used by U.S. Government Agencies
by Anita Campbell
WordPress, the open-source publishing application, has become a tour de force in the world of small businesses.
With 11 million downloads of the software in 2008 alone, it has enabled millions (probably) of small businesses and entrepreneurs to set up blogs. Beyond that, it now is even being used to build small business websites.
Not only that, but WordPress has spawned a cottage industry of Web developers, template designers, content mavens, SEO specialists and others who specialize in helping companies set up and operate their WordPress sites.
If you were to compile a list of Web-based applications that have empowered small businesses and changed the way entrepreneurs reach out to the world, WordPress would rank right up there in the top 10.
But let’s not forget that large corporations and organizations are using WordPress.
So in a way, it didn’t come as much of a surprise to see the list of U.S. government agencies using WordPress, as revealed at the recent WordCamp 2008 event.
The list of government agencies includes the U.S. Army, the Marines, and even the CIA.
The CIA????
Yep, that’s what the list reported by Mark Jaquith says. Oh, and the FBI and the NSA are on there too.
Be sure, also, to read the comments on Mark’s post where one person suggests a few marketing slogans, including:
“WordPress, secure enough for the NSA”
and
“WordPress, intelligent enough for the CIA”
